Mojito Ingredients

Mojito is an alcoholic cocktail made by mixing rum, sugar, crushed mint leaves, lime juice, soda water and crushed ice.

Originally from the island of Cuba, mojito is one of the most famous rum based highballs. Its ingredients differ with the several versions of mojito consumed all over the world today. A traditional mojito recipe consists of white rum, sugar cane juice, lime, spearmint (a light variety of mint found in Cuba) and water. Mojito is a favorite summer cocktail, this refreshing drink has the right amount of sweetness and the mint flavors used, meant to complement the effect of alcoholic drinks in it. Mojitos have lesser calories compared to other alcoholic cocktails, 1 glass contains 172 calories.

How to Make a Mojito
Let's have a look at the original mojito recipe. You will need.
Ingredients

• Fresh Mint Leaves
• Bitters
• White Rum
• Limes Quartered
• Sugar Cane Juice (Guarapo)
• Club Soda
• Crushed Ice

Preparation

1. Muddle 6 mint leaves, 4 drops bitters and 3 limes quarters in a tall cocktail shaker.
2. Fill the shaker with ice and add two ounces of light rum.
3. Fill the shaker with sugar cane juice (guarapo) leaving ½'' at top of shaker.
4. Fill the ½ '' with club soda.
5. Shake vigorously for few seconds. Pour the mixture in to a tall mojito glass. Garnish it with lime wedge and sugarcane stick.

Cuban Mojito Recipe
Taste the original Cuban mojito. Original mojito recipe from Havana Cuba.
Ingredients

• 1 tsp Powdered Sugar
• 4 Mint Leaves
• 1 Cup Fresh Lime Juice
• 2 Ounces of Club Soda
• 1 Twig of Mint
• Havana Club White Rum 2 ounces
• Crushed Ice

Preparation

1. Put the mint leaves in to a long mojito glass and pour some lime juice over it.
2. Add powdered sugar, then gently smash the mint leaves and sugar in to lime juice with a muddler. If you don't have a muddler you can also use a spoon or a fork.
3. Add crushed ice, rum and club soda. Stir all the added ingredients well and garnish it with a mint twig.

Bacardi Mojito Recipe
The Bacardi mojito is an uplifting beverage. Bacardi is a rum based alcoholic drink from Cuba. Bacardi rum is made from molasses. Molasses is mixed with fresh ground water and a yeast agent which helps the molasses turn in to alcohol. The alcohol is then filtered with charcoal to remove impurities. The flavor of different types of rum is determined by distillation method and yeasts used for fermentation.
Ingredients

• 1 Ounce Bacardi
• 2 tsp Sugar
• 1 Ounce Lime Juice
• Some Mint Leaves

Bacardi Mojito Instructions
Mix all the ingredients in a cocktail shaker and pour it into an unusually shaped mojito glass. Add crushed ice and garnish it with a lime slice. Your Bacardi mojito is ready to serve.

Strawberry Mojito Recipe
I had this slice of heaven at a hotel and decided to try it at home. I have served this at many of my house parties and my friends have loved it. It's a refreshing drink for a hot summer day.
Ingredients

• Powdered Sugar for Rimming
• 2 Large Limes Quartered
• 6 Mint Leaves
• 7 Strawberries Quartered
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 cup white rum
• 2 cups club soda
• 8 cups ice cubes

Preparation

1. Pour some sugar in to a small, shallow plate. Rub one of the lime quarters around the each mojito glass. Dip the glasses in sugar to rim; keep the glasses aside.
2. Squeeze all the lime quarters in to a cocktail shaker.
3. Put the juiced limes in to the pitcher along with mint leaves, strawberries and 1 cup sugar.
4. Crush all the ingredients with a muddler to release the juice of strawberries and oil from mint leaves.
5. Add rum and club soda and stir the mixture until sugar has completely dissolved.
6. Pour in to the sugared mojito glasses and serve with crushed ice.

These were some cool mojito recipes for you. I hope this article on mojito ingredients has given you enough information on one of the most famous cocktails of the world.