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Mojito Cocktail
When well made, this Cuban cousin of the Mint Julep is one of the world's greatest and most refreshing cocktails
Harry Dubetz
11th July at 19:32
Thank you for your wonderful wisdom and recipes. I find it odd that all well known and highly respected U. S. bartenders (they have have written popular books) shake the Mojito. Jeffrey Morgenthaler is the lone exception. I read somewhere that the original recipe called for a stirred drink
12th July at 08:16
I've also shaken Mojitos. It's a quick method to produce a cold cocktail, and enables the mint to be strained out. Just isn't a true Mojito.
20th April at 21:21
Easy to put together. Far too easy to drink. The first one I always down in no time at all. Then between every next Mojito I just top the glass up with soda water for a sweet minty sparkling water which I tend to sip and nurse for a bit until the next one.
13th July at 00:05
Minty soda water is also a good way to stretch out the remaining ice in Summer...it's a precious commodity unless you have a massive freezer somewhere (or even a smaller freezer NOT stuffed with your frozen excess harvest of Summer strawberries...).
2nd March at 16:16
莫吉托用金朗姆还是白朗姆更好呢
2nd March at 18:01
I prefer a light golden rum. e.g. Havana 3yo.
11th October 2024 at 17:58
Simple and delicious fresh cockatil. I use lime jiuce instead and stirr it light with the mint leaves. Perfect!
31st July 2024 at 06:02
So can we say that a Mojito is pretty much a mint Daiquiri? Or is there more to it than that?
31st July 2024 at 07:31
And a Daiquiri is a rum-based sour. However, both the Mojito and the Daiquiri have their own nuances and backstories. So yes, there’s more to it than that.
27th May 2024 at 01:42
A great, refreshing drink for a hot and humid Memorial Day. Perfect for sipping on while grilling hot dogs. I made mine with home grown mint and Probitas (aka Veritas) rum, which I felt was pushing the limits in terms of funkiest. Anything stronger would just be too much rum funk for this drink.
28th April 2024 at 22:13
This recipe works, but I prefer more mint leafs (20-22) and 2:1:1 rum:lime juice:sugar syrup.
14th February 2024 at 14:55
While this recipe can be good, I think the 'Slow Mojito' is probably the way to go. It takes about the same time as this version (more or less), but just is more complete. Everything comes through the way one would want it to. The brown sugar (ideally Demerara though) pairs well with the mint and the Havana Club, but there is a clear lime element as well. I always felt that the Mojito is NOT a rum forward drink, and this version is the one then.