How to make it
- 1In a highball, gently press the mint with the sugar and lime juice.
- 2Add a splash of soda and fill the glass with ice.
- 3Pour in the rum, top with soda and stir lightly.
Garnish: Mint sprigs and a lime slice.
2¼ : 1 : ¾ : 3
In parts, a Mojito is 2¼ rum, 1 lime, ¾ sugar and 3 soda. Change one part and you have a cousin; the closest are below.
Rum · 2¼Lime · 1Sugar · ¾Soda · 3
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By the numbers
Estimated per drink, as served
White rum ≈ 99Sugar ≈ 31Lime juice ≈ 5 How we estimate