Mojitos - yay or nay

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.