Cocktail recipe
Mojito
Highball glass · Cocktail · Cuba / Havana
Mojito is a citrus, sweet and herbal cocktail built around Light rum, served in a highball glass.
Ingredients
- 2-3 ozLight rum
- Juice of 1Lime
- 2 tspSugar
- 2-4Mint
- —Soda water
How to make it
- Muddle mint leaves with sugar and lime juice.
- Add a splash of soda water and fill the glass with cracked ice.
- Pour the rum and top with soda water.
- Garnish and serve with straw.
Story
Born in Havana’s heat, the Mojito likely descended from the medicinal Draque—rum, lime, sugar, and mint long before cocktail menus existed.
Best for
celebratory · social · lighthearted · citrus · sweet · herbal