Mojito
Cuba's most famous cocktail. Refreshing, minty, and perfect for hot weather.
ClassicFreshMintyCitrus
Ingredients
- Rum2 oz (60 ml)
- Lime Juice1 oz (30 ml)
- Simple Syrup0.75 oz (22.5 ml)
- Mint Leaves8-10
- Club SodaTop
How to make it
- Gently muddle mint with lime and sugar.
- Add rum and ice.
- Top with soda.
- Stir gently.
Glass: Highball
History
The Mojito is a Cuban classic of rum, lime, sugar, mint and soda whose ancestry traces to the 16th-century 'El Draque,' a medicinal drink named for the English privateer Sir Francis Drake. It found enduring fame at Havana's La Bodeguita del Medio, a haunt of Ernest Hemingway.
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