Rumour has it that the Mai Tai cocktail became so popular that it depleted the world\u2019s rum supply in the 1940s and 1950s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Its history is a little murky, but apparently the drink was actually invented in California by Victor J. Bergeron back in 1944. It was almost a decade later that the iconic cocktail of the tiki movement actually made it to Hawaii when Bergeron was hired to oversee the cocktail menus at two hotels on the islands. It was here in Hawaii that pineapple and orange juice was added to the Mai Tai to further sweeten the drink for tourists in Waikiki.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To get our hands on one of the best modern-day Mai Tai cocktail recipes, we asked Erik from the Aston Hotel in Waikiki to show us how to make a Surf Mai Tai, one of the hotel\u2019s signature drinks. So give it a go or request it next time you\u2019re at Tiki\u2019s Bar in Hawaii.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Watch the video and read on to discover how to shake up Erik\u2019s Surf Mai Tai (or better yet, join our Hawaiian Explorer<\/a>, Best of Hawaii<\/a> or Hawaiian Discovery<\/a> tours and have the Tiki team do the hard work!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n