Havana Style Mojito Recipes

Steps:

• Place 1 teaspoon of sugar into each of two 12 ounce glasses. Squeeze the juice from a lime wedge into each glass, drop in the wedge, and add 2 sprigs of mint. Use a spoon or muddler to mash the sugar, lime juice, and mint together in the bottom of the glasses. Fill each glass about half full with crushed ice. Pour 1/4 cup rum into each glass. Fill the glasses with club soda, stir, and garnish with additional lime wedges.

Steps:

• Lightly muddle the mint leaves with the sugar in the bottom of a Collins glass. Add the syrup, juice, and rum. Fill with large cold ice cubes and shake briefly. Top off with the club soda. Garnish with the bitters.
• tasting notes
• Dominant Flavors: mint and lime
• Body: light, sparkling
• Dryness: medium
• Complexity: medium to low, depending on the rum
• Accentuating or Contrasting Flavors: grass and molasses
• Finish: short, fresh
• Glass: Collins

Steps:

• Place the mint leaves into a long mojito glass (often called a "collins" glass) and squeeze the juice from a cut lime over it. You'll want about two ounces of lime juice, so it may not require all of the juice from a single lime.
• Add the powdered sugar, then gently smash the mint into the lime juice and sugar with a muddler (a long wooden device *pictured on the website*, though you can also use the back of a fork or spoon if one isn't available).
• Add ice (preferably crushed) then add the rum and stir, and top off with the club soda (you can also stir the club soda in as per your taste). Garnish with a mint sprig.