Don the Beachcomber Secret Recipe for the Original Mai Tai

Circa 1932

Source: Phoebe Beach - Don the Beachcomber, Honolulu, Hawaii

1 1/2 ounces Myer's Plantation Rum*
1 ounce Cuban Rum*
3/4 ounce fresh lime juice
1 ounce fresh grapefruit juice
1/4 ounce Flaernum
1/2 ounce Cointreau
2 dashes Angostura Bitters
1 dash Pernod shell of squeezed lime
1 cup cracked ice (size of a dime)

Shake for one minute on medium speed. Serve in double old fashion glass. Garnish with four sprigs mint. Add a spear of pineapple. Sip slowly through mint sprigs until desired effect results.

* Recommended Rum Substitutes:
1 1/2 ounces Appleton Estate
1 ounce British Navy-style rum, such as Pusser's or Lamb's