National Mai Tai Day in USA
National Mai Tai Day in USA is held on June 30. This event in the third decade of the month June is annual. Help us
It's the most famous cocktail in the world, and like many popular cocktails, it's got many iterations - and a great story.
Most current recipes for Mai Tais based on 1944 recipe include rum, lime juice, orgeat syrup, and orange liqueur (typically orange curaçao).
Victor J. Bergeron claimed to have invented the Mai Tai in 1944 at his restaurant, Trader Vic's, in Oakland, California. "I originated the Mai Tai and have put together a bit of the background on the evolution of this drink, which has earned worldwide identification and acceptance", - Victor J. "Trader Vic" Bergeron said, San Francisco 1970.
Donn Beach was an American businessman, and World War II veteran who was the "founding father" of tiki culture, claimed to have instead first created it in 1933, although a longtime colleague said that Beach was actually just alleging that the Mai Tai was based on his Q.B. Cooler cocktail.
The idea of a Mai Tai conjures up visions of easy living; lazy afternoons on soft sand, listening to the dulcet tones of a ukelele as you happily drift into utter relaxation.