Mai tai

Treat yourself to a mai tai cocktail, with the flavours of rum and orange curacao. This recipe serves one, but it's easily multiplied for a party

Ingredients

• 25 ml golden rum
• 1 tbsp orange curacao
• 2 tsp orgeat syrup
• 25 ml lime juice
• 2 tsp sugar syrup
• ice cubes
• crushed ice
• 25 ml dark rum
• wedge of pineapple, a lime wheel or a cocktail cherry (or all three!)

Steps

1. Pour the golden rum, curacao, orgeat, lime juice and sugar syrup into a cocktail shaker with a handful of ice cubes. Shake until the outside of the shaker feels really cold.
2. Fill a tumbler with crushed ice then strain the cocktail over it. Slowly pour the dark rum over the top so it stains the top of the drink a rusty gold.
3. Garnish with fruit like pineapple, lime and cocktail cherries if you like.