Trader Vic Mai Tai Cocktail - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup crushed ice
2 fluid ounces 17-year old J. Wray Nephew Jamaican Rum
1/2 fluid ounce French Garnier Orgeat
1/2 fluid ounce orange Curacao liqueur
1/4 fluid ounce rock candy syrup
1 lime, juiced
1 cup ice
1 sprig fresh mint

Preparation

Fill a rocks glass with 1 cup crushed ice. Set aside in the freezer.
Combine rum, orgeat, orange Curacao, rock candy syrup, and lime juice in a cocktail shaker. Add 1 cup ice, cover and shake until chilled. Strain into the chilled rocks glass.
Garnish with half of the lime shell inside the drink and float a sprig of fresh mint on the edge of the glass.