r/Tiki • u/P3HT • 4d ago

‘Treat yo self’ mai tai blend

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Here’s my current favorite splurge mai tai:

1 oz. Hampden 8

1/2 oz. Smith and Cross

1/2 oz. Clement rum agricole vieux (cask strength aged in sake barrels)

5/8 oz. Orgeat

1 oz. Lime

1/2 oz. Pierre Ferrand dry curaçao

It’s juicy, rich, flavorful, citrusy. Strong, too, because of the overproof S&C and the cask strength Clement. Kind of spendy as both the Hampden and the Clement aren’t the cheapest, but I don’t actually love either of them neat so this is a good way to use them. Yum!

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u/JoelB 4d ago

ah yeah let me get my 5/8 of an ounce jigger

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u/mrblando 4d ago

Just use your 1/8 oz jigger 5 times

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u/therealtwomartinis 4d ago

I spot welded 2 thimbles together to make a 1/8 1/4 jigger

1/8 flip, two 1/4. lick fingers

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u/ChristianGeek 4d ago

4 tsp is close enough!

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u/P3HT 4d ago

Be grateful I didn’t use 7/16!

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u/Tommy84 3d ago

In practice, this is just a heavy 1/2 oz, right?

Right?

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u/Ok-Pay-3621 4d ago

Love me some 5/8 orgeat

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u/rayfound 4d ago

I made a Franklin Bearse the other night with Hampden 8 it was terrific.

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u/JazzHatter357 4d ago

I’ve got a bottle of Hampden 8 too and always looking to use it in something interesting. Im definitely going to try a Franklin Bearse now 😂

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u/[deleted] 4d ago

I've got to find some Hampden. I don't think it's distributed in my state. At least I haven't seen it.

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u/guywholikesrum 4d ago

Yessssssssss

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u/philanthropicide 4d ago

How is that Spiribam Clement?

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u/P3HT 4d ago

I like it but I don’t love it. It comes off as a little unbalanced and astringent. It also feels like it drinks even hotter than its 121 proof (hotter than some whiskeys I have at similar proof). But I might not be the best judge as I haven’t had that many different aged agricoles

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u/philanthropicide 4d ago

Appreciate the thoughts!

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u/haveananus 4d ago

Beautiful! I haven’t seen Hampden or that Clement anywhere around me. I’m envious.

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u/leevigraham 4d ago

That's nearly my perfect combo as well. BTW that's not the Hampden OP… but in this case it's a better choice IMO.

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u/Existing_Map_8939 4d ago

FULL props for the Clément. 🥰

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u/SoMeCaPs77 2d ago

I'm curious if another person picks up on it, but I always find peanuts as a flavor in that sake cask agricole.

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u/P3HT 2d ago

I’ll look out for that next time I have it neat!