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The Cuban Mojito

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White Rum, simple syrup, lime and soda

Ingredients

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  • 2 oz white rum
  • 1 oz demerara simple syrup
  • 3/4 oz fresh lime juice
  • Club soda
  • 1 wedge of lime
  • 2 sprigs of fresh mint

 

Instructions

  1. Place 3-4 mint leaves in the bottom of a collins glass
  2. Add the lime juice and bruise the leaves with a muddler enough to release the fragrant oils, but not enough to tear and chop up the leaves
  3. Add the simple syrup and gently stir
  4. Fill the glass with ice cubes and pour over the rum
  5. Top off with club soda
  6. Rim the glass with 2 more mint leaves and leave them in the glass
  7. Briefly stir with a straw and garnish with a sprig of mint and the wedge of lime

 

Notes

Go easy on the mint and keep those leaves in one piece. There’s nothing uglier than a mojito filled with tiny fragments of mint floating in it!

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