Mojito

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For unincorporated area in the USA, see Mojito, New Jersey.
This drink is designated as an
IBA Official Cocktail
Mojito
A traditionally prepared Mojito, in a collins glass, garnished with lime and mint.
Type: Mixed drink
Primary alcohol by volume:
Served: in collins glass with ice
Standard garnish: Mint Sprigs and a slice of Lime
Standard drinkware:
Highball glass
IBA specified ingredients†:
Preparation: Muddle mint sprigs with sugar and lime juice. Add rum and top with soda water. Garnish with sprig of mint leaves. Serve with a straw.
†Mojito recipe at International Bartenders Association
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Mojito (pronounced /məˈhiːteʊ/ (English) IPA: [moˈxito] (Spanish)) is a traditional Cuban highball which became popular in the United States during the late 1980s, and has recently seen a resurgence in popularity.

A mojito is traditionally made of five ingredients: white rum, sugar (traditionally sugar cane juice), lime, carbonated water and mint. Its combination of sweetness and refreshing citrus and mint flavors are intended to mask the potent kick of the rum, and have made this clear highball a popular summer drink. Many hotels in Havana also add Angostura bitters to cut the sweetness of the mojito; while a popular variation, it is not the original version created in La Bodeguita del Medio[1].

When preparing a Mojito, juice from lime is added to sugar (or syrup) and mint leaves. The mixture is then gently mashed with a muddler. The mint leaves should only be bruised to release the essential oils, they must not be shredded. Then rum is added and the mixture is briefly stirred to dissolve sugar. Finally the drink is topped with ice cubes and sparkling water, mint leaves and lime wedges are used to garnish the glass[2].

The mojito is one of the more famous rum-based highballs in the world. There are several different versions of the mojito.[3]

The word mojito is the diminutive of the word mojo.[4]

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  1. ^ Traditional Mojito recipe from Cuba
  2. ^ The Classic Cuban Mojito
  3. ^ Cuban Mojito Recipe or American Mojito Recipe
  4. ^ Mojito is derived from the Spanish mojo sauce, which often contains lime juice (see "mojito" at Dictionary.com, citing the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, 2006, Houghton Mifflin), while mojo is derived from the Spanish verb mojar, meaning, "to make wet" (see definition 3 of "mojo" at Dictionary.com, citing Webster's New Millennium Dictionary of English, Preview Edition (v 0.9.7), 2003-2007, Lexico Publishing Group, LLC)