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Jeff's Mai Tai

2 oz. dark rum
1/2 oz. Triple Sec
1/2 oz. almond syrup, clear
squeeze lime
1/4 oz. grenadine


Fill a rocks glass 3/4 with cracked ice. Pour the Grenadine in the center--it will sink to the bottom. Shake the Almond Syrup, Triple Sec, and Lime Juice with ice and strain into glass. Over the back of a spoon, float the Dark Rum. With any luck you'll have three layers. Serve with a straw and garnish with a pineapple chunk speared to a cherry, or a spring of fresh mint and lime wedge.

Submitted by Jeff Jetton Nashville Tennessee United States
 This is very close to the original Trader Vic's Mai Tai, which was created in 1944 in Oakland, California, and has since become the flagship of the tropical drink fleet. Slight changes were made to create the layered look, and to use more readily-available ingredients.