Mojito

Mojito
4 minutes
Mojito is a traditional Cuban highball. The cocktail often consists of five ingredients: white rum, sugar, lime juice, soda water, and mint. Its combination of sweetness, citrus, and herbaceous mint flavors is intended to complement the rum, and has made the mojito a popular summer drink. It’s unclear, but the Mojito first appeared in cocktail literature in the 1932 edition of "Sloppy Joe’s Bar Cocktail Manual", a book from the famed Havana institution.

Ingredients

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3 leaves Mint
1/2 ounce Simple syrup
2 ounce White rum
3/4 ounce Lime juice
top up Club soda
1 garnish Mint spring
1 garnish Lime wheel

Instructions

1.
Lightly muddle the mint with the simple syrup in a shaker.
2.
Add the rum, lime juice and ice, and give it a brief shake.
3.
Strain into a highball glass over fresh ice.
4.
Top with the club soda.
5.
Garnish with a mint sprig and lime wheel.
6.
Serve and enjoy!