Vintage Cellars Catalogue - 08/09-16/11/2021 (Page 49)

mojito refreshing rum cocktail are basically summer in a sip! first thing you'll notice is rows of highballs with rum and soda as the orders come in such is the popularity of this refreshing cocktail - as quintessentially cuban as vintage cars and cigars - among tourists and locals alike the mojito was reportedly created as a medicinal concoction of local spirit drake and his troops recover from stomach evolved into the more refined and globally beloved cocktail we know the key to getting it right is in the muddling plantation method ingredients dictador plantation dictador rum 12yo white rum → juice of 1 lime → 1tsp sugar → handful of mint additional to serve leaves ensuring to crush the of a wooden spoon if you don't have a muddler → pour into a tall glass and fill the glass with ice → pour rum into tall glass and stir well with a long- soda water and mint the palate is biscuity yet bittersweet and light bodied intense with soft seeds and lightly roasted coffee vintagecellars.com.au