Time: 5 min.
Complexity: easily
Servings: 4

The Mojito is one of the most famous refreshing cocktails. Its refreshing mint-citrus flavor makes the drink incredibly popular in summer and in hot countries, such as Cuba, where it originated. The original Mojito includes light rum, mint, lime, sugar, and soda water. The Mojito's ancestor was the Drac cocktail, which South American Indians prepared for English pirates to treat scurvy by mixing "firewater" with sugar, lime, and mint.

The non-alcoholic Mojito is equally popular. Just omit the rum and drink it as a refreshing lemonade.

Ingredients:

• 200 ml light rum
• 12 sprigs of mint, 8 of which broken
• 6 tablespoons lime juice
• 4 tablespoons of sugar
• Carbonated water
• 4 lime wedges
• Ice

Substituting ingredients
Measuring containers used

1 glass (st.) - 250 ml.
3/4 cup (st.) - 180 ml.
2/3 cup (st.) - 160 ml.
1/2 cup (st.) - 125 ml.
1/3 cup (st.) - 80 ml.
1/4 cup (st.) - 60 ml.
1 tablespoon (tbsp) - 15 ml.
1 teaspoon (tsp) - 5 ml.
1/5 teaspoon (tsp) - 1 ml.

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Preparation:

Step 1
• Fill a shaker with ice, add rum, 8 broken mint sprigs, lime juice, and sugar. Shake well and strain into tall glasses filled with ice.
Step 2
• Fill each glass with sparkling water and garnish with a lime wedge and a sprig of mint.

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