What makes a perfect mojito? When you look on the web, there’s more mojito recipes than you can shake a muddler at. So what is it? The type of rum used? The amount of mint? The setting?
I had my first mojito in an airport. I know – odd place, but it was in the Miami airport on a layover for a flight to the Caribbean. We were in the mood to get the Caribbean party started and walked past a Bacardi kiosk with a very long line of people waiting for the only drink they were fixing…a mojito. We thought with that long of line the tropical concoction must be good, so we pulled up and eagerly waited to give a mojito a try.
We watched as the bartenders meticulously muddled the mint and lime, added simple syrup and the rum, poured it into a tall glass, added a little club soda and garnished with a stick of sugarcane. After shelling out $12.00 for each drink, we grabbed ours and eagerly took our first whiff. Ahhh…so minty and fresh smelling. After one sip, we were hooked and ended up purchasing an additional one or two before heading for our flight.
We’ve tried many recipes for mojitos since that first taste of one in the airport and truthfully, many are really good. But for some reason, the taste of that first mojito is the one that will always be our favorite and reminds us every time of the excitement we feel when heading south for vacation and a little Rum Therapy…
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The Perfect Mojito
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 oz. white, light or silver rum (We like to use Bacardi Superior for our mojitos)
- club soda
- 12 mint leaves
- 1/2 lime
- 2 tbsp simple syrup
Instructions
- Muddle 12 fresh mint leaves and 1/2 a lime in a tall glass.
- Cover with 2 tbsp. of simple syrup and top with ice.
- Add rum and top with club soda.
- Stir well and garnish with a lime wedge and sprig of mint (and a stick of sugarcane if you can find it!)
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