This Month’s Cocktail: Mojito
About The Mojito
The mojito is one of the most refreshing cocktails you’ll have the pleasure of drinking. It’s another easy drink with only a few ingredients: rum, mint, lime, sugar, and soda. After one sip, you’ll discover why it’s one of the best cocktails of all time, and soon, you’ll be tossing all sorts of fruit into your mojitos.
Mojito
Ingredients:
- 2 teaspoons superfine sugar
- 6 to 8 fresh mint leaves
- 2 to 3 ounces club soda, divided, to taste
- 1 lime
- 2 ounces light rum
- Mint sprig, for garnish
Directions:
- In a highball glass, add the sugar, mint leaves, and a splash of the club soda.
- Muddle just enough to dissolve the sugar and release the flavor of the mint.
- Squeeze the juice from the 2 halves of lime into the glass. Drop 1 squeezed half into the glass if you like.
- Add the rum and stir well.
- Fill the glass with ice cubes and top with club soda.
- Garnish with a mint sprig. Serve and enjoy.