Mojitos

Simple Mojito

Ingredients

• 5 mint leaves, more for garnish
• 2 ounces white rum
• 1 ounce fresh lime juice
• ½ ounce simple syrup
• Ice
• Club soda or sparkling water
• Lime slices or sugar cane, for garnish

Instructions

• Lightly muddle the mint in the bottom of a cocktail shaker until aromatic. Add the rum, lime juice, simple syrup, a handful of ice, and shake.
• Strain into a glass filled with ice. Top with a splash of club soda and garnish with a piece of sugar cane or lime slices and more mint.

Watermelon (and really delicious) Mojito

Ingredients

• 5 mint leaves, plus additional for garnish
• ½ cup chopped watermelon, plus more for garnish
• 2 ounces white rum
• 1 ounce lime juice
• 1 ounce simple syrup 
• 2 ounces soda water
• Ice, for serving

Instructions

1. Chop the watermelon. In a cocktail shaker, muddle the mint leaves. Add the watermelon cubes and muddle again until they are turned into juice.
2. Add the rum, lime juice, and simple syrup, and fill the cocktail shaker with ice. Shake until cold.
3. Add ice to a glass, and strain in the drink. Top off the glass with soda water. Garnish with additional mint leaves and watermelon wedges.