Mojitos - yay or nay

'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.'

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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

What about cachaca?

What about acai?

I love mojitos and I would not put fenugreek in them probably

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

― Neanderthal, Friday, August 15, 2014 6:51 PM (48 minutes ago)

you use a shaker for these?

ka-CHA-sa

ah-SA-eee

whoop

not the way i make them! i think you can buy an actual muddler but i just use a spoon.

xp

anyway they are good but when i make them i don't put any sugar which i guess is wrong but sugar and alcohol is kinda gross to me

you use a shaker for these?

― flatizza (harbl), Saturday, August 16, 2014 12:41 AM (27 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah i just rip up the mint and smush it against the glass with my hands or whatever. i kinda killed my mint plant when i went away for a couple weeks :(

i mash potatoes in a molcajete

i served said mashed potatoes with an ice cream scoop

bubble tape is not for me

i think mint is hardy; i'm sure it will resurface, harbl!

i have never made a sugarless mojito, but i vary the amount of sugar depending on my mood. i think one without sugar would be fine. rum and lime is delicious on its own.

it's all about experimenting with different sweeteners, yo

are mojitos a really 1981 thing? because of miami vice? i never even knew that. i mean miami still exists. and cuban people.

lebron left it's over

you use a shaker for these?

― flatizza (harbl), Friday, 15 August 2014 19:41 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

think this illustrates my lack of drink mixing expertise

coconut ginger and guava mojitos:

mojito with foraged lavender and a simple syrup made from crushed freeze dried marshmallows and organic olive oil spray accelerant

freezer burned eggo mojito

more mojitos but really wtf @

Pisco Sour

(A Chilean or arguably Peruvian classic) Pisco, fresh lime, cane syrup, fresh lemon, & egg whites, served up

I'm kind of enjoying the Guy Fieri-of-drinks mojito perversions going on itt.

Bloody Mojitos

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

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.