Mojitos - yay or nay

why bad optics?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3TeE2Z7a_U

haha, def thought of that flick.

I love em personally but ain't had a good one in years. they make em so shitty at the restaurants here. last one overloaded the alcohol, one prior overloaded the sugar. and then there are the places that make it w/ sprite.

yeah you have to make them at home. they are the best, though.

idk, i have a very hard time saying the word 'mojito' w/out feeling like an idiot. something about drawing my cheeks back from the 'mo' to make the 'he' sound.

i guess if i made them at home i wouldn't have to say anything, i could call it whatever i want

i should try just tryin to make em here. we have a shaker cos my bro used to bartend.

i get really drunk when i make them at home, so i haven't in a while. i should before school starts back up again. they are beautiful, also. you have to put a long sprig of mint in there so it looks like a tree is growing out of your glass.

the work-intensive part is the muddling of limes and mint and sugar but if you can commit it is delicious. also, paging Soto.

also my boyfriend hates mint because he is terrible so if i make them at home i have to drink them all.

life is so hard

sonny says 'mojitos' with good optics

just say it like sonny

i'll only order them wearing a white blazer

prefer caiparinha, though less minty

I like to order em while beckoning to someone to 'have a sit' w/ me.

caiparinha is a cool thing to say, but the drink is the opposite of canada dry ginger ale in that it is not not too sweet

cranberry can't be beat

i've never had a mojito with canada dry ginger ale

o i c wt u dd

idk, i have a very hard time saying the word 'mojito' w/out feeling like an idiot. something about drawing my cheeks back from the 'mo' to make the 'he' sound.

― Mordy, Friday, August 15, 2014 6:50 PM (10 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I think doing this is joyous fwiw

what gets you in trouble is the last syllable--doe

surprised nobody's posted the Brian Griffin clip yet

encouraging

mojitos are for the correct side of the fedora coin, family guy the other.

fedoracoin

I don't like ordering labor intensive drinks because I got death-stared by a bartender once while he was muddling my drink. Very aggressive. Worried he was going to cave my skull in with his muddling stick.

I don't like making labor intensive drinks either, because I am lazy.

Voted no.

the bartender doesn't need to be happy about making your drink. however, you can order whatever you want. this is the way of things.

what the fuck

yeah fuck that, esp if you're tipping well on it. otherwise you're like "well let me get a beer if that's ok w/ you"

'rumrunner ok with you? you won't get mad?'

'you only need to fill that pint up halfway if it's too hectic to top it off.'

neanderthal rn
http://cdn.hitfix.com/photos/786056/barrescue_event_main.jpg

no, i mean wtf @ the idea of hating on mojitos

that too, yeah

I'm guessing mojitos are the new hip "let's ruin a famous cocktail"

kale mojito

lol omg

why deny thyself gods great bounty

when bars want to ruin classic cocktails they start making them with vodka iirc

ordering a mojito or something like a screwdriver always just feels too old-dad. like, playing it safe

salted caramel mojito

Mojitos are great, though I understand why bartenders hate you for ordering one if they are swamped. Not that they are hard to make, but they are hard to just whip up. You have to spend all of two minutes, vs. 30 seconds. However, they are one of the few cocktails that adapt well to pitchers.

Nice alternative is the Southside: http://imbibemagazine.com/Southside-Fizz-Recipe

I don't think the caiparinha is totally comparable, because cachaca is so much funkier than standard rum, imo. No fizz, either.

salty caramel blondie mojito

fenugreek mojito

You guys are ruining a good thing, like Dunkin Donuts.

I don't think the caiparinha is totally comparable, because cachaca is so much funkier than standard rum, imo. No fizz, either.

― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, August 16, 2014 12:31 AM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

More exotic, for sure, since not everyone has cachaca.

Or can pronounce it!

kai-pa-reeeee-nyaaaaa

it is definitely a Peruvian classic

it is both. you don't need to take sides on your menu

Frozen Mudjito

Love a good Pisco Sour. Pisco is like cachaca, a relatively exotic rum alternative with afaik one real drink use.

Usually lemon or lime juice means shake, but there's really no need to shake a mojito, since you pour over ice and top with fizzy water later anyway. Then you give it a nice stir to distribute the sweet. But then, I use simple syrup rather than sugar - as I might in a caiparinha - so it mixes pretty easily. Straight sugar might require a shake.

Johnny Garlic's mo' jito

that same 'jito you love, just more of it. an entire pitcher of our house mojito but for one person.

*served with a side of breadsticks

double fudge wasabi cheesecake mojito w/ bacon infused liquer

served atop a discarded and assembled Mouse Trap board game

Donkey Sauce Mo' To'.

fucking lol at mouse trap board game

the mo' heat, oh!

a mojito with hotsauce cuz fuck you

ay

Where is the "I'm a fiend for mojitos" option.

Mojitos: totally classic and fun to make. Does take some effort, but worth it. I only order them at bars that seem like they know what they're doing, because they're easy to screw up. (Also true not a good drink to order when the bar's slammed.)

Only downside is trying to make them last more than 5 minutes.

I've been seeing basil cocktails lately

on the streets, i mean

pesto sour

lol

Mojito ices

MONjito - mojito with Montreal seasoning

MANjito - mojito with man seasoning

idg what kind of disgusting trendphobic savage you wd have to be to not love the taste of mint + lime, together as 1

otm

Mojitos are great, though I understand why bartenders hate you for ordering one if they are swamped. Not that they are hard to make, but they are hard to just whip up. You have to spend all of two minutes, vs. 30 seconds. However, they are one of the few cocktails that adapt well to pitchers.

Nice alternative is the Southside: http://imbibemagazine.com/Southside-Fizz-Recipe

I don't think the caiparinha is totally comparable, because cachaca is so much funkier than standard rum, imo. No fizz, either.

― Josh in Chicago, Friday, August 15, 2014 7:31 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this is an excellent post

also you don't need a shaker to make a mojito, you just need to pass it back and forth between two glasses. just make sure your seltzer is in the fridge, not room temp.

A good mojito is defo my favourite standard cocktail - a good one is fairly hard to come by though.

why do you need to pass it back and forth? i am genuinely confused about this mojito agitation

well if i build the drink in a glass, my sequence would be like syrup/mint, lime, rum, seltzer. so all my syrup is on the bottom of the glass and all my seltzer is on the top. if i add my ice and then pass it back and forth with another glass i've fixed that sitch.

i guess i could stir it but with the mint and spent limes floating around in there the passing just seems easier.

guys sometimes when i make one too many mojitos at home, the next morning i experience...mojitWOE

i'm sorry

I don't share my projito recipe sorry

wait it's pronounced MO-JITE-OH, right?

summer of 2007 I would make mojitos and drink them on my front porch and get kind of drunk and then go make noise music in my bedroom, I was 19 and it was my very first time living outside of my parents house or a dorm, god that was such a fucking great summer

mojitos rule and so does life.

when i was in france two years ago mojitos were all the rage. i went to a really scummy student bar in grenoble and ordered one for the hell of it, and it was actually made really well with havana club, fresh mint, nice and cold. that's a good memory.

I'll post recipe tomorrow (hint: no BBQ sauce)!

where you been Soto

if there's basil in this recipe

even a whisper of basil

best in Cuba

(have not had any there since '04)

i had some at that restaurant Wish in Miami

at my brother's (middle of summer hottest day of the year) wedding they had cocktail waiters hand out mojitos to everyone immediately after the ceremony - best mojito ever, not to sweet so your lips pucker a little from the lime

ugh so good

ysi one now please

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it is summer!!

Mojitos are so good

Just made one with a little less sugar and I definitely prefer it that way

I've been experimenting with making them with slightly darker rums, and it definitely changes the character. Like a lot of more tropical drinks, unfortunately, the sugar really adds up. Between the syrup and the alcohol, you may as well be drinking soda.