Mojito Recipe

by Katie Sweeney 1

There's no drink more refreshing than the classic mojito. It's light, fizzy, tart, and herbaceous. The mojito was originally created in Cuba and was made with yerba buena, a type of spearmint. These days, variations and different flavors of the mojito can be found all over the world.

The ingredients are simple — rum, sugar, lime juice, sparkling water, and mint — but the resulting cocktail is absolutely sublime. The recipe featured here calls for light rum, but all I had was dark, so I used that instead; the mojito was still wonderful! Keep reading to kickstart your weekend with a tall cool glass of this popular beverage.

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Mojito

Ingredients

8 mint leaves, plus 1 mint sprig for garnish
Ice
2 ounces white rum
3/4 ounce fresh lime juice
1 ounce simple syrup
1/2 ounce chilled club soda

Directions

1. In a cocktail shaker, muddle the mint leaves.
2. Add ice and the rum, lime juice and simple syrup and shake well.
3. Strain* into an ice-filled collins glass, stir in the club soda and garnish with the mint sprig.

Makes 1 drink.

*When I made this drink, I did not strain mine.

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