The Perfect Mojito
by Kris Romaniuk • September 28, 2011 • Drink Recipes • 0 Comments
Here’s a recipes for a mojito that’s light, refreshing, and not too sweet. I adapted it from a scene in the move Thank You for Smoking. In the film, the main character, a lobbyist for the tobacco industry played by Aaron Eckhart has drinks with a tobacco executive played by Robert Duval. They’re having mojitos in a country club and Duval’s character recounts when Fidel Castro told him the secret to making a good mojito — to massage the mint leaves. From that scene, I came up with the following recipe, and it’s never disappointed.
Ingredients
- 5-7 medium mint leaves
- 1 lime
- white or gold rum
- soda or sparkling water
- sugar