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Mojito de Casa

Name: Mojito de Casa
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 12 fresh Mint leaves; 60 ml Reposado tequila; 22.5 ml Lime juice; 15 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); Top up with Soda water

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Ingredients
12 fresh	Mint leaves
2 fl oz	Reposado tequila (100% agave)
3/4 fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
1/2 fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix
Top up with	Thomas Henry Soda Water

Garnish: Mint sprig

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Collins glass

Method:

Lightly MUDDLE mint (just to bruise) in base of glass. Add tequila, lime juice and sugar. Half fill glass with crushed ice and CHURN (stir) with bar spoon. Fill glass with more crushed ice and churn some more. TOP with soda, stir and serve.

Health & Nutrition

Alcohol content:

We don't have enough information to calculate the alc./vol., but based on known ingredients, this recipe contains at least:

18.9 grams of pure alcohol

History

Created at Mercadito, New York City, USA.

For more recipes, its origins and history, see the Mojito Cocktail.

Review

A tequila based Mojito.

Comments & Discussion

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Tom W 5y

You have to be very bored of traditional mojitos to try this one - this doesn't do it for me. Given the tequila base maybe agave nectar instead of sugar syrup?