Drink Time: Mojito

[mexflair]

every one has their way to prepare a mojito..... for example me:

1) add one lime in 1/4 slices

2) add the sugar

3) add the mint (9 to 12 leaves)

4) crush them

5) add the rum

6) and the crush ice

7) shake it

8) add the mineral water...

[moreaumedwin]

and no Angustura?

[Znyggisen]

adding lime to sweeten it, nice one :P

[jassir1316]

1 dude drinks beer =(

[cyberrio04]

is this the same like tequila mojitos?

[rasmuskjaerpoulsen]

@cyberrio04 No, theres tequila in tequila mojito

[juansrealm]

This is a recipe i learned from an old cuban guy who bartend in cuba long time ago. Put 6-10 mint leaves, 2-3 bar spoons of sugar. muddle it. Add a whole lime cut in wedges, mudldle. Fill shaker with ice, fill with rum, shake. In a highball, tall, huricane or what ever glass u wanna use fill with ice, then strain into this glass, finish with splash of seltser or club soda a lime wedge in the rim. The drink should come out greenish, with verry little pices of mint leaves. Thats a traditional 1

[mato63]

@juansrealm yeah, I'm doing Mojito in the same way, it's simple and it has a best taste for me...

[juansrealm]

Well about this i know im puerto rican and we make tons of this over here, not every body knows how though. The original recipie uses spearmint. but peppermint it works as well.

[Gruby21]

Nice job. Great video explaining the basic mojito. You're putting out a very good series. Thank you.

[mmarketic]

Man I need to disagree about the receip

I know that everyone has it's own stile and mesures

but I figured out that it turns best if you take a highball glas, put a whole lime cutted in pieces like you have there, 8-10 mint leaves, about 2 small spoons of brow shugar, that crush everything together as you said not tu brake only to release the juices, top with crushed ice than 0.05 of havana club 3y white rum, and than top with soda, and stir to mix everything, and to decorate the same way you did

[latzelsperger]

but on top of that, i agree with coctelman when it comes to sqeeze citrus fruit with bare hands: this not a good way of doing it! i always squeeze 'em with the ice tonge or a special lime squeezer

[latzelsperger]

thats the way i have learned to make a mojito: first muddle 6/8 of a lime with 3 bsp of fine white sugar in a libbey-glass, the add and gently bruise the mint, add cubed ice (since crushed ice will dilute the drink too fast), add the rum and top with soda/seltzer. since the lime slices stay in the glass we use larger glasses, such as the 37cl libbey glass. garnish with either a sprig of mint, a lime wheel or both

[coctelman]

falta angostura y en cuanto a eso de exprimir con la mano el limon la mayoria de los clientes me rechazarian el coctel, y la cantidad de azucar es poca tambien ademas el ron es mejor el havana 3 ,pero bueno cada uno tendra su forma de prepararlo

[Kounetsu2501]

1) No es un Mojito Creolo

2) Es Americano, El unico lugar que no nos dejan tocar nada es sur america

3) Havana no llega hasta los EEUU, Siendo producto cubano es ilegal.

4) Sos un pelotudo.

[coctelman]

ya se q en norteamerica lo de tocar el producto con las manos da lo mismo es otro tipo de cocteleria, lo de el havana si q no lo savia q en usa es ilegal ,en cuanto a el ultimo comentario se ve que no saves aceptar una critica q tampoco lo era,era una opinion y sino te gustan no cuelges videos o no dejes que todo el mundo comente

[Kounetsu2501]

Pero, No es critica. Vos hablas de una receta differente, para empezar. Segundo, not entendes costumbres Norte Americanas. Not estas dando critica util.

[coctelman]

no hablo de receta diferente hablo de la original,costumbres norteamericanas es cierto q no las conosco todas,pero esto es asi en todo el mundo los asiaticos trabajaran de otra forma ,europa lo mismo,pero el coctel tiene q hacerse como el original vamos creo yo ,sino pues cambiale el nombre,es como si yo hago un manhattan con otros ingredientes ya no seria un manhatan

[shivarashingol]

@coctelman no critiques al maestro

[coctelman]

@shivarashingol creo q esto es publico y libre como para que alguien pueda dar su opinion

[burmafej]

the thing is that Mojito cocktail is still NOT in the list of IBA.... cuz it's not old enough to become a CLASSIC cocktail. That's why there is so much noise out there about the recipe and stuff ... as for me i prefer the shake method for it, crushed ice and about 3 sprigs of mint. also a highball glass makes better sence, cuz it's a SUMMER LONG DRINK, isn't it? anyway, that's just my opinion... we'll see.

[icebluedevelopment]

The #1 key is developing and trusting your pallet. I prefer to make mine with 1oz light rum and .5oz aged rum to give it a little kick. I also like to drop at least 1 lime randomly cut up into the drink.

[Kounetsu2501]

Or you can get the recipe from Where it was created. I.e. Lotsa yerba buena, lime juice, sugar, muddle vigorosouly. Ice, top with rum, ice, top with soda water.

The key to a mojito isn't the measure, It's how you muddle. What he did was wrong. Chew on a mint leaf and tell me how much minty freshness it leaves behind. Then chew on the stem. You'll find your mouth brimming with the essential oils from the stem, not the leaf.

[icebluedevelopment]

You don't understand mint thats why. You are release the chlorophyll in the plant thats why it doesn't taste good and thus why your comparison with the stem give different results but they are false results. Crushing the mint is also wrong you just need to brush it. Muddling is a misused technique to often. Muddling also did not appear into print until 1990 so be careful how you represent muddling.

[Kounetsu2501]

The highest concentration of oils in the mint are in the stem. There is no false results at all.

And do you have links or references to that muddling? Becuase i can assure you that it's much older then 1990.

[icebluedevelopment]

2 mint spries 2tsp simple syrup muddled 2 table spoons fresh lime juice in a Collins glass 1.5oz or 1 measure of light rum toped with club soda.

[icebluedevelopment]

This is why I hate bartenders. Not referring to the video. But everyone walks around then bickering on here because they work in some bar about how the drink is made. And you have no idea of mixology or how to perform proper mixology. Really educate yourselves before ramping on people it makes you sound like a fool. Dead honest truth 99% of bartenders have no idea of what they are doing. Acording to the National Bartenders Association a Mojito is made as follows.

[MangoMyers]

I should've stressed this more in the video - there are a zillion ways to modify a mojito (different rums, adding fruit, peaches, etc.) and everyone has their own unique way. The version I made is the most basic, simple, classic Mojito. BlueBaloo: you're right about the highball glass - my bad! And I agree about the Sprite personally (I like Mojito's sweeter) but I don't believe it's true to the classic Mojito. As for Simple Syrup, we use it when we're busy, but I prefer sugar if there's time.

[TrioFlare2007]

I'm fairly sure the Mojito was around a long time before Sprite. You may even find it was around before RUM. The original 'El Draque', was created for Francis Drake by one of his crewmen while he pillaged his way around the Caribbean. The Mojito made in the video is by far the worst recipe I've ever seen, but hey, what do i know. x

[cseko85]

so why don't u share with us your recipe?

[MangoMyers]

Sorry you don't like the recipe, but it is exactly the version used by the International Bartenders Association - minus the highball glass - for better or worse. And I read about El Draque on wikipedia, too. Love cocktail history.

[Reak55]

Hm to me the Mojito is one of few drinks that has whole lime wedges in it, why did you just squeeze out the juice? You muddle sugar, mint and lime wedges in the beginning, thats what ive learnt.

[managerjohnfranklin]

My prefered mojito uses brown sugar, (im lead to belive thats the origional recipie) mudling both the lime and the mint. The smooth edge of the lime pushes down on the mint so it doesn't tear. (As Mango mentioned) and oils are released from the lime skin. leaving these in the glass requires serving the drink long to keep the same amount of "crushed ice" Havana 7 yrs is my rum. But as Mango stresses. Its all "Preference" Customer in the know will tell you what they want. fnks for vids Mango Myers

[zbayno]

I understand, i did not say anything about shaking it. But i think that using sprite instead of soda change characteristic taste of drink.

[cseko85]

jesus, u're a reel wiseass. Anyway, I been in a couple of bars around, and never heard about sprite in a proper mohito.

[bluebaloo13]

ok i dont want to sound cocky or anything but i'm a cuban barman from miami, who is a rum man over all.  couple of suggestions that will hopefully help.

-leave the lemons because it makes the drink a little more attractive

-highball or collins glass, sometimes specialty

-squeeze lemons first, because they get stuck if u do lemon first when you shake

-after shake top off with sprite not soda

-simple syrup is faster and saves money

[igotyou62]

well its always good when someone whos a professional shares his stuff with ppl who who wanna get into this field

[bluebaloo13]

thank you, professional? dont know about that. i'm not a big shot mixologist. its just almost common knowledge down here among quality bars.

[zbayno]

If you fill up with sprite instead of soda, it won't be mojito any more.

[bluebaloo13]

i didn't say fill up. i said top off. after shaking or stirring. its the last thing you do. about an ounce. dont add before shake cuz it will explode and leak out. so u top off when there is a small amount of space left almost to the lip of the glass

[diegoroma]

i find the real mojito to be very attractive with only the mint... no sprite, only soda!

use high ball glass, squeeze 1 ounce of lime juice, add 2 tsp of white sugar, add a splash of soda, stir with bar spoon, fill 1/3 of the glass with whole mint sprigs, muddle gently 3 or 4 times with a round muddler, add ice (i prefer crushed ice but the original calls for ice cubes), pour 2 generous ounces of havana club 3 anos, top with soda, stir gently with bar spoon, garnish with mint sprig

[Avarax169]

What's not natural about simple syrup? o_O

[bluebaloo13]

its not really unnatural u just dont get that grainy taste in the mojito that you would with just sugar instead of simply syrup. so the drink seem more Cuban authentic when you taste the grainy sugar.