How do you make a perfect Mojito?

Answer 1

rum,soda,lime,mint....

But for the BEST Mojito, go to CUBA!!

Answer 2

Sexxisha had the right recipe. Except that legally for a mojito to be call a mojito it needs to be make with Bacardi Superior Rum. This is a very traditional and old recipe dating back from the Conflict of Cuba and the U.S.

Mojito
3 fresh mint sprigs
2 tsp sugar
3 tbsp fresh lime juice
1 1/2 oz light rum
club soda

In a tall thin glass, crush part of the mint with a mortar mallet. Add the sugar and lime juice and stir thoroughly. Top with ice. Add rum and mix. Top off with *chilled* club soda. Add a lemon slice and the remaining mint, and serve.

Answer 3

Mojito
3 fresh mint sprigs
2 tsp sugar
3 tbsp fresh lime juice
1 1/2 oz light rum
club soda

In a tall thin glass, crush part of the mint with a fork to coat the inside. Add the sugar and lime juice and stir thoroughly. Top with ice. Add rum and mix. Top off with *chilled* club soda (or seltzer). Add a lemon slice and the remaining mint, and serve.

Apple Mojito
2 oz Bacardi® Big Apple rum
6 oz club soda
3 lime wedges
2 tsp sugar
3 fresh mint sprigs

Add the lime, sugar and mint sprigs to a highball glass and muddle with a muddler. Add several ice cubes and pour in the Bacardi apple rum. Top with club soda (adjust to taste), and stir. Garnish with an apple slice and a lime wedge, and serve.

Answer 4

I bartend. This is the recipe we use:

2 oz Bacardi Limon
Juice of 1/2 pressed lime
1 lime wedge
1 oz bar syrup (can be purchased at the liquor store)
Fresh mint leaves
Sugar cane sticks

Muddle about 8 mint leaves in the bottom of a shaker. Next, add 2 oz of Bacardi Limon. Add the juice of 1/2 of a lime. Squeeze the lime wedge and drop it in. Add 1 oz of bar syrup .

Fill the glass you'll be serving the drink in with ice. Dump the ice into the shaker. Shake vigorously.

Pour the contents of the shaker into the glass, and garnish with the sugar cane stick.