A Prize-Winning Bartender Updates The Mai Tai
A Prize-Winning Bartender Updates The Mai Tai
Want to know what a world-class cocktail tastes like? From the first-ever Diageo World Class U.S. Ambassador Richard Gomez, the Two Cities Skirmish is what he calls a an updated version of the Mai Tai with tequila and gin. Gomez says the key to a Mai Tai, no matter what the spirits, is the layering: This drink starts out with a kick, but finishes light. Impress all your friends with some world-class mixology — we won't tell that you got it from a master bartender.
Servings
1
servings
Ingredients
- 1/2 ounce don julio añejo tequila
- 1/2 ounce tanqueray no. ten gin
- 1/8 ounce triple sec
- 3/8 ounce fresh lime juice
- 3/8 ounce bg reynolds orgeat
- mint, for garnish
Directions
- Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake vigorously and strain into a rocks glass filled with crushed ice. Garnish with a lime shell and mint.