It's the foam that makes this Mai Tai special 

That’s a hot tip about the robogrips to remove separated corks. My pair saved a bottle of mezcal at a Halloween party I was hosting once. Now I never bartend a party without them 👍

Another great Mai Tai riff is the Tai Mai from the Hali’imaile General Store. So good we went back 3 times in a one week vacation.

Had this at the beach house last night, simply amazing.

Thank you. The community and the rest of the islands are doing what we can to help.

The news of the fires in Maui has been devastating and very heartbreaking. We visited Maui from Singapore less than two months ago. Many amazing memories and will do our bit to support with a donation. We had the Monkeypod Mai Tai at Whaler's Village Kaanapali and really enjoyed it. They do seem to be able to keep the foam stable. We also had a similar version at Fleetwood's on Front St, called the '1944 Mai Tyler'. There is an instructional video online. Believe it was Steven Tyler's fav. This had a mix of rum's which included Smith & Cross and was super tasty. Sadly Fleetwood's was lost in the fires

Been to Maui twice. Once for our honeymoon in 2018 and again last year. Visited Lahaina both times. One of our favorite places. Truly heartbreaking. Thanks for using this video to direct attention to the people of Lahaina and Maui that need help right now.

That foam looks incredible on this Monkey Pod Mai Tai - can't wait to try it

Last year we had this from the Monkeypod Kitchen in Ko Olina, and enjoyed it quite a bit. And my wife just requested I make this sometime.

My friend is on Oahu at the moment and had one of these last night at monkey pod near aulani, she said one of the best she’s had (it’s not quite like a classic maitai but it’s tasty AF) Kudos for supporting the displaced and impacted residents of Maui too 🤙🤙

I made the macadamia orgeat for a ‘44 Mai Tai this evening. Quite lovely.

Thanks so much for the great videos as always, but also for being so considerate!

I got married at Merriman’s Maui. Definitely gotta support the locals. I’ll also for sure make the monkey pod. I remember the bartender at Merriman’s was super cool, he made me a mai tai on the house. I ran into him at a concert the day after my wedding. Such a tragedy, I really feel for the locals out there.

Another great video, enjoying Mai Tai month. I will have to try to the macadamia nut mai tai, but I still have to try my Joi orgeat.

Oh man, I love this Mai tai. Never thought about making it. Need that whip cream maker thing

I added about 1% by weight (ended up being about 1.75 grams) of 210 S to the foam mixture and got a pretty stable foam. Also called for in Tropical Standard's Gardenia Mix and honestly could probably be added to homemade orgeat to keep it from separating.

I was thinking that the beach house became Rumfire at the Sheriton, which is pretty excellent, but its a totally different place. I may have to make a reservation this weekend and order this drink. Because of this video, i decided to convert a shipping container into a tiki bar ( and cafe) in my front yard.

I just made some macadamia nut Orgeat from some Nutmilk concentrate from another one of your vids. I’m gonna make it with acid adjusted Pineapple too make it more Hawaiian. Love your channel Buddy definitely taking a lot of techniques from it.

Oh boy, this one looks delicious, definitely going to give it a try 😊

I quite literally just got home from Maui (wife won the trip from wheel of fortune). We hit up the monkey pod and it was great. So sad about the fires.

Awesome, thanks! Would love to see more whipped cream charger recipes like this.

Sounds very interesting. Might use trader Vic macadamia nut liqueur, as it’s easier then making the orgeat.

Looks awesome

Thanks for the video, can't wait to make them at home! Would you have any other rums you would recommend using instead of the Probitas and Hamilton 86? Can't seem to find those anywhere in Canada unfortunately

@makeanddrink the corks from Appleton Estate Bottles fit the crew bottles pretty perfectly and I haven’t had one break yet. The corks that come with the crew bottles kind of suck.

Thank you so much for posting this! I really appreciate your detailed instructions and explanations. A question, if I may: Monkeypod foam is relatively yellow. When I made the foam it came out whiter, similar to yours. Do you have any thoughts on why theirs comes out more yellow? Taste wise, mine comes out pretty spot on but the color is whiter, as I said. Thanks again!

You definitely made it the "best it could be" by using those very good rums. That's always been my gripe with this Mai Tai in the past, in that the rums they used in the islands aren't nearly as good. I've found that the foam can be quite tart, too. That said, on our last visit to Monkeypod at Ko Olina on O'ahu last year I did like this Mai Tai cocktail (we always enjoy the restaurant's food, service, and vibe there, too - right across the street from Disney's Aulani).

Not a fan of most post ‘44 Mai Tais, but I did love the monkeypod version. I’m so glad my better half made me go back a couple of years ago. Had a few at the Monkeypod kitchen in Lahaina.

Question: my iSi says you only need (1) cO2 if you have less than 1 liter of fluid. I'm curious why (2) cO2's would be required for this recipe? Another question is: how many cocktails can be made with a single recipe of foam?

I felt like the Mai Tai that we had in Maui, the foam was almost a harder, gelatin consistency as opposed to a liquidy foam. I'm guessing if we can figure out how to make it stable like that it will be pretty close to the original.

The foam magic doesn’t help much. My foam consistently collapses too. 😢

my friend! honey syrup to make the foam (( 2:1 honey)) 2 part honey o 2 parts water???'