plural mai tais
: a cocktail made with rum, curaçao, orgeat, lime, and fruit juices
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Amanda Hancock, Louisville Courier Journal, 12 Nov. 2025
Trader Sam’s Enchanted Tiki Bar owes a debt to Don the Beachcomber in Hollywood and Trader Vic’s in Oakland — the rival Tiki bars that gave birth to the pop culture movement in the mid-1930s and both lay claim to creating the mai tai cocktail.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 10 Oct. 2025
There’s San Francisco’s Li Po Cocktails, the cult favorite dive bar famed for its trademarked Chinese mai tai.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
Woodman’s mai tai contest win came with a cash prize of $15,000.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2025
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Amanda Hancock, Louisville Courier Journal, 12 Nov. 2025
Trader Sam’s Enchanted Tiki Bar owes a debt to Don the Beachcomber in Hollywood and Trader Vic’s in Oakland — the rival Tiki bars that gave birth to the pop culture movement in the mid-1930s and both lay claim to creating the mai tai cocktail.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 10 Oct. 2025
There’s San Francisco’s Li Po Cocktails, the cult favorite dive bar famed for its trademarked Chinese mai tai.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
Woodman’s mai tai contest win came with a cash prize of $15,000.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2025
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“Mai tai.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mai%20tai. Accessed 2 Dec. 2025.
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