The Original Mojito

Sometimes, all you need is a Mojito

Come summer and the sensual rumba ho, Mojito (pronounced: mou hi:tou) from faraway Cuba is just perfect to invigorate long sunny days and hot nights. Deep-rooted in a several-hundred-years of history, the Mojito found its way to fame in the beautiful Cuban capital of Havana in the early 1930s and has over the decades become the country’s cultural icon.

Several theories explain its origins. But it really doesn’t matter if today’s Mojito was invented by the US Marine Corps, the African slaves while working in Cuba’s sugar cane fields in the late 1800s, or that it is simply a descendant of “El Draque”.

Barbecue or are just hanging out with friends, a mojito serves as the perfect drink to quench anyone’s thirst. All you need is a combination of rum, mint, lime, sugar, sparkling soda, and lots of ice to make the perfect mojito that’s sure to leave all of your friends impressed.

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The Original Mojito

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Ingredients

• Sparkling Water or Club Soda
• 12 Mint leaves
• 15 ml freshly squeezed lime juice
• 2 teaspoons heapedof castor sugar
• crushed ice
• 50 ml Bacardi Superior Rum most popular choices are Puertorican Bacardi or Cuban Havana

Servings MetricUS Imperial Ingredients Sparkling Water or Club Soda 12 Mint leaves 15 ml freshly squeezed lime juice 2 teaspoons heapedof castor sugar crushed ice 50 ml Bacardi Superior Rum most popular choices are Puertorican Bacardi or Cuban Havana

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Instructions

1. Slap the mint leaves a bit to release the flavor.
2. Rub them around the edges of a tall glass. Tear them and drop them in.
3. Pour some lime juice, add some caster sugar.
4. Half-fill the glass with crushed ice.
5. Stir to dissolve the sugar.
6. Add the rum, a splash of soda and swizzle with the teaspoon to distribute mint.
7. Garnish with a sprig of mint.

Recipe Notes

Roll your limes on the counter before you squeeze them to get the juices flowing!