8 Mojito Recipes That Put a Spin on the Refreshing Classic
Classic Mint Mojito Ingredients: 1/2 oz. lime juice (squeezed fresh) 1 tsp. finely granulated sugar 3 mint leaves 2 oz. white rum Club soda or seltzer Instructions: Muddle the lime juice with 1/2 to 1 teaspoon sugar and mint leaves. Fill the glass about 2/3 with ice and add rum. Garnish with used lime and […]
Mojito Cocktail History
While the exact origins of the Mojito cocktail and its name are lost in time, some trace it back to 1586 and a medicinal drink named after Sir Francis Drake. Francis Drake was one of a band of privateers sponsored by England’s Queen Elizabeth I to plunder Spanish cities in the New World and seize […]