Drink Recipe: Pumpkin Spice Mai Tai
Prep Time:
10 minutes
Cook Time:
Servings:
1 cocktail
Ingredients
  • 4 teaspoons cinnamon
  • 2 teaspoons ground ginger
  • 1 teaspoon ground allspice
  • 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1 teaspoon ground dried Sichuan pepper
  • ½ teaspoon ground star anise
  • 1½ ounces white rum (such as Cruzan)
  • 1 ounce fresh-squeezed lime juice
  • ¾ ounce Pierre Ferrand dry orange curaçao
  • ½ ounce orgeat syrup
  • ¼ ounce absinthe or Herbsaint
  • ½ teaspoon pumpkin spice (above), plus extra pinch for garnish
  • Mint sprig, for garnish
  • Ice
Directions
  1. Make the pumpkin spice mix: In a small container, combine all of the ingredients.
  2. Make the cocktail: In a cocktail shaker, combine all of the ingredients and fill with ice. Shake until chilled and fine-strain into a crushed-ice-filled double old-fashioned glass. Sprinkle a pinch of pumpkin spice on top, garnish with a mint sprig and serve.