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    Home » Drinks » Best Mai Tai Cocktail Recipe (Mirage Vegas Copycat)

    Best Mai Tai Cocktail Recipe (Mirage Vegas Copycat)

    Published: Jul 14, 2020 · Modified: Jun 9, 2021 by Megan Porta · This post may contain affiliate links.

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    This is the best Mai Tai recipe you’ll find! It is complex, flavorful and impossible to put down. This succulent drink is tropical perfection!

    hand holding a mai tai drink with drink umbrella

    Original post: June 2015 | Updated: July 2020

    My hubby and I used to go to Las Vegas nearly yearly. For a handful of those trips, we stayed at the Mirage Hotel because it had a great location, an incredible pool and a to-die-for Mai Tai recipe. You heard that right. We went back for the exotic cocktails.

    Their recipe was unlike any drink I’d ever had. It was tropical, complex and just a mouthful of pools, sunshine and relaxation. Upon our return home, Dan set out to replicate the tiki drink and he nailed it.

    Introducing the only mai tai you’ll ever need in your life. Unless you go to Vegas. If you do, promise me you’ll stop at the Mirage and savor a drink there.

    two tropical drinks with pineaplle wedges and drink umbrellas

    HOW TO MAKE THIS MAI TAI RUM COCKTAIL RECIPE

    STEP 1

    In a cocktail shaker, combine light rum, Triple Sec, coconut rum and orange juice with 2 ice cubes. Shake vigorously and pour evenly into two glasses.

    STEP 2

    Float 1/2 oz. of dark rum on top of each drink. Serve with a straw and garnish as desired.

    RECIPE NOTES

    • Replace Triple Sec with any orange liqueur.
    • Floating a bit of fresh lime juice or pineapple juice on the top is delish!
    • Serve over crushed ice, if desired.
    • Options for garnishes: maraschino cherries, orange slices or lime or pineapple wedges. Don’t forget the drink umbrella!
    side view of two tropical drinks with pineapple wedges on rims

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    Best Mai Tai Cocktail Recipe

    Mai Tai is your drink if you are looking for a complex, flavorful beverage that is impossible to put down. Inspired by our days lounging next to the pool at Mirage in Vegas, this succulent drink is tropical perfection!
    5 from 2 votes
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    Course: Drinks
    Cuisine: American
    Prep Time: 2 minutes
    Cook Time: 3 minutes
    Servings: 2
    Calories: 287kcal
    Author: Megan Porta

    Ingredients

    • 4 oz light rum
    • 1 1/2 oz triple sec
    • 1 oz coconut rum
    • 4 oz orange juice
    • 1 oz dark rum
    • maraschino cherries or orange peels for garnish, if desired
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    Instructions

    • In a shaker, combine light rum, Triple Sec, coconut rum and orange juice with 2 ice cubes. Shake vigorously and pour evenly into two glasses.
    • Float 1/2 oz. of dark rum on top of each drink. Serve with a straw and garnish as desired.

    Notes

    • Replace Triple Sec with any orange liqueur.
    • Floating a bit of fresh lime juice or pineapple juice on the top is delish!
    • Serve over crushed ice, if desired.
    • Options for garnishes: maraschino cherries, orange slices or lime or pineapple wedges. Don’t forget the drink umbrella!

    Nutrition

    Calories: 287kcal | Carbohydrates: 13g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 3mg | Potassium: 113mg | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 113IU | Vitamin C: 28mg | Calcium: 6mg | Iron: 1mg
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    1. Barbara

      October 07, 2019 at 12:41 pm

      Just want to say that there is no way this recipe would taste like the Mai Tai at the Mirage. They definitely did not put orange juice or triple sec in their drink. To make a Mai Tai with orange juice is a no, no. The Mirage used all premium ingredients.

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