Blended Mai Tai - Andrew Zimmern

Ingredients

• 1.5 oz Orgeat syrup (you can buy it, but I prefer to make my own)
• 2 oz lime juice
• 1 ounce Grand Marnier
• 4 oz Flor De Caña 12 year old rum
• 2 cups ice
• 2 cups raw blanched skinless almonds
• 4 cups of water
• 3 cups of sugar
• ⅓ cup good brandy or cognac. If you have neither, use some Flor de Cana!
• 3/4 tsp orange blossom water