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Christmas Mai Tai

A refreshing, tropical holiday cocktail featuring aged rum, lime, and almond orgeat, garnished with festive cranberries and blood orange.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Total Time 5 minutes
Servings: 1 cocktail
Course: Cocktail, Drinks
Cuisine: American, Tiki
Calories: 260
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

The Drink
  • 2 oz aged rum Jamaican or dark rum
  • 0.75 oz lime juice freshly squeezed
  • 0.5 oz orange curaçao or Triple Sec
  • 0.5 oz orgeat syrup almond syrup
Garnish
  • 1 cup crushed ice pebble ice
  • 1 sprig fresh mint
  • 3 whole fresh cranberries
  • 1 slice blood orange dried or fresh

Equipment

  • Cocktail shaker
  • Rocks Glass
  • Jigger

Method
 

  1. Fill a cocktail shaker with cubed ice.
  2. Add rum, lime juice, orange curaçao, and orgeat syrup.
  3. Shake vigorously for 10-15 seconds until the shaker is frosty.
  4. Strain into a rocks glass filled to the top with crushed ice.
  5. Garnish with a mint sprig (slap it first to release aroma), a slice of blood orange, and fresh cranberries.

Notes

For a non-alcoholic mocktail version, substitute the rum for pineapple juice and the curaçao for orange juice.