Editing Mai Tai (section)

==History==
Victor J. Bergeron claimed to have invented the Mai Tai in 1944 at his restaurant, [[Trader Vic's]], in Oakland, California, US.<ref>"The Origin of the Mai Tai", [https://web.archive.org/web/20100104142639/http://www.tradervics.com/mai-tai-1.html], tradervics.com via archive.org</ref> Trader Vic's forerunner, [[Don the Beachcomber|Donn Beach]], claimed to have instead first created it in 1933, although a longtime colleague said that Beach was actually just alleging that the Mai Tai was based on his [[Q.B. Cooler]] cocktail.<ref name="add citation">{{cite news |title=Anatomy of a Classic: The Mai Tai Turns 75 |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/anatomy-of-a-classic-the-mai-tai-turns-75 |newspaper=The Daily Beast |date=22 February 2019 |access-date=25 February 2019|last1=Curtis |first1=Wayne }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Mai Tai recipe history |url=https://www.eater.com/drinks/2016/11/10/13544698/mai-tai-recipe-history |website=eater.com |date=10 November 2016 |access-date=25 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Berry |first1=Jeff |title=Beachbum Berry Remixed |date=2010 |publisher=Slave Labor Graphics |location=San Jose |page=64}}</ref> Don the Beachcomber's recipe is more complex than Vic's and some believe it tastes quite different.<ref>{{cite book |first=Charles A. |last=Coulombe |title=Rum: The Epic Story of the Drink That Conquered the World |publisher=Citadel Press |year=2005 |page=258}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Ultimate Mai Tai |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2016/03/16/the-ultimate-mai-tai-in-both-hawaiian-and-trader-vics-styles/ |website=mercurynews.com |date=16 March 2016 |access-date=25 February 2019}}</ref> Others believe that, despite the difference in ingredients, the Q.B. Cooler tastes quite similar.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Berry |first1=Jeff |title=Beachbum Berry Remixed |date=2010 |publisher=Slave Labor Graphics |location=San Jose |page=69}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Mai Tai History |url=https://caskstrength.wordpress.com/2010/09/08/the-mai-tai-history-a-recipe-a-how-to-an-explanation-and-technique-followed-with-a-shopping-list/ |website=caskstrength.wordpress.com |date=8 September 2010 |access-date=25 February 2019}}</ref>

The Mai Tai was introduced in Hawaii in 1953 when Bergeron created a cocktail menu for the Matson Company hotels the [[Royal Hawaiian Hotel]] and [[Moana Hotel]]. The cocktail became a hit and was called the "top tourist tantalizer" in 1959.<ref>''Honolulu Star-Bulletin'', February 7, 1959, p. 38</ref> In the years thereafter, pineapple juice, orange juice, and a dark rum float became commonly used in Mai Tais produced in Hawaii.<ref>''Exotica Moderne'', Issue 15, 2022, p. 19</ref>

The name was allegedly taken from ''maitaʻi'', the [[Tahitian language|Tahitian]] word for "good" or "excellence", although the drink is usually spelled as two words, sometimes hyphenated or capitalized.<ref>''[[Oxford English Dictionary]]'', third edition, ''s.v.'' [http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/00299965 mai tai]</ref><ref>[http://www.webster.com/dictionary/maitai "maitai"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202044658/http://www.webster.com/dictionary/maitai |date=2008-12-02 }}, ''Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary''</ref>