Mai Tai Mai Tai The Mai Tai is a cocktail based on rum, Curaçao liqueur, orgeat syrup, and lime juice, associated with Polynesian-style settings. Victor J. Bergeron claimed to have invented the Mai Tai in 1944 at his restaurant, Trader Vic's, in Oakland, California. Trader Vic's rival, Don the Beachcomber, claimed to have created it in 1933 at his then-new bar named for himself (later a famous restaurant) in Hollywood. Don the Beachcomber's recipe is more complex than that of Vic's and tastes quite different. The name was allegedly taken from "maita'i", the Tahitian word for "good" or "excellence", although the drink
Technicolor Paradise: Rhum Rhapsodies & Other Exotic Delights "Ultra-Lounge" were focused on the major labels, while his idea was to develop them from the more independent music scene of the genre. Shipley's interest in creating this compilation was after discovering the website The Exotica Project, where he noted that "Not everything on there is good, but it manages to capture a moment and show there's a moment underneath the movement." Shipley compiled nearly 700 songs for the compilation and narrowed down the choices based on personal taste and licensing availability. The compilation is split into three discs: "Daiquiri Dirges", "Rhum Rhapsodies" and "Mai Tai Mambos". The first section