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
Mai Tai (band) their second UK Top 10 hit, peaking at No. 9. Their international breakthrough translated onto broke Mai Tai's popularity in the Netherlands. In 1986 their song "Female Intuition" became a Top 40 hit across Europe, and made Top 10 in Denmark. The follow-up single, "Turn Your Love Around" from the second album, "1 Touch 2 Much", went straight into the Top 10 of the Dutch Top 40. In 1987 Mai Tai released their modestly successful third album, "Cool Is The Rule" with the singles "Bet That's What You Say" and "Fight Fire With Fire"; were much less successful. After releasing