Mojito
Mojito is a traditional Cuban punch. 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.
Ingredients
- Club Soda (.5 oz)
- Fresh Mint (5 sprigs)
- Light Rum (2 oz)
- Lime (1 ea)
- Sugar (2 tsp)
Steps
- Muddle sugar and 4 mint sprigs in a beer mug.
- Squeeze lime juice into the mug, and leave one hull in with it.
- Add rum, stir, and fill with ice.
- Top with club soda.
- Garnish with a mint sprig.