Mojito
A refreshing Cuban classic cocktail combining white rum, fresh lime juice, mint, sugar syrup, and soda water.
Ingredients
- 60 ml white rum
- 30 ml lime juice
- 20 ml sugar syrup
- 8 leaves mint leaves
- 90 ml soda water
- full glass of cubed ice
- No sugar syrup? Use 2 teaspoons of sugar per drink to sweeten.
| Details | Value |
|---|---|
| Glass | highball |
| Method | built |
| Ice | cubed |
| Garnish | mint sprig |
| ABV | 12% |
| UK units | 2.4 |
| Calories | 168 kcal |
| Sugar | 5 g |
per drink
Method
- Place mint leaves and sugar syrup in the highball glass.
- Gently muddle the mint to release the aroma.
- Add lime juice and white rum.
- Fill the glass with cubed ice.
- Top with soda water and stir gently to combine.
- Garnish with a mint sprig.
The Origin of a Mojito
The Mojito is a Cuban highball of white rum, lime, sugar, mint, and soda, long associated with Havana. An older Cuban story traces a mint and lime drink called El Draque, but the tall sparkling version people order now belongs to the city's bars in the twentieth century. The mint is there for its smell, pressed gently rather than torn.
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