Island Mai Tai Time Hawaii v2 | Hawaii T-Shirt | Tropical Cocktail Aloha Lifestyle Tee

Mai Tai Time is less a clock than a state of mind. The sun gets low, the ice gets loud, and somebody — usually you — decides it's time. Out of this world, the best, just like the original tasters said.

The Mai Tai was created in 1944 at Trader Vic's restaurant in Oakland, California. Victor Bergeron poured a mix of aged rum, fresh lime, orange curaçao, orgeat, and rock candy syrup for two Tahitian friends, and one of them — Carrie Guild — exclaimed "Maita'i roa ae!" (Tahitian for "out of this world, the best!"). Hawai'i embraced the drink during the post-war tiki boom, and resort bartenders from Waikīkī to Wailea reinterpreted it with local pineapple and dark-rum floats, cementing it as the unofficial sunset cocktail of the islands.

For locals, this tee is the affectionate eyeroll at the cocktail every visitor orders — and the quiet truth that we order it too. For visitors, it's the memory of pau-hana on a lanai, the umbrella, the breeze, the bright orange sky.

Soft unisex tee. Multiple sizes and colorways available.