Mojito

 

Mojito

 

 

 

The Mojito is a traditional Cuban drink, known to Americans as a favorite of Ernest Hemingway.

Ingredients

• 2 oz. (60 mL) Cuban white rum
• 1 lime (or 2 ounces (60 mL) lime juice)
• 1 tsp powdered sugar
• 4 mint leaves
• Club soda

 

Garnishes

• Mint sprig

Glass

• Collins Glass

Instructions

1. Muddle mint leaves and sugar
2. Fill with ice, then add rum and lime juice
3. Stir, then add a splash of club soda
4. Garnish with mint sprig

Variations

• Ernest Hemingway requested Mojitos without sugar. Of course, this suggests that less lime juice be used.
• Sometimes, the juiced lime is used as an additional garnish.
• Bacardi heavily promotes their own proprietary variant.
• Due to the trade embargo, Cuban rum cannot (legally) be purchased in the United States; American bars use other light rums.

Related Drinks

• The virgin mojito may be referred to as a fauxjito. Less commonly, the term fauxjito may refer to house drinks that are similar to a mojito in some way or another.

• The mojito is a descendant of the Draquecito, named after Sir Francis Drake and said to be his favorite drink before pirate battles. That drink is made with cachaça rather than rum, and uses water instead of ice and soda, neither of which would have been available to Drake on the high seas.

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