 Welcome to Cocktails 101 by Drinks Made Easy, our ongoing series where we teach you how to make some of the simple classic cocktails at home. This time we're taking a look at a Caribbean classic that a lot of you probably know and didn't realize it was super easy to make at home. To build the mojito you'll start by using a handful of fresh mint. Give it a quick compression to express it and drop it into your tin. At one ounce of fresh lime juice, we're going to give it a quick muddle. It really helps to release the flavors of the fresh ingredients so that they bind with the alcohol better. Next we'll add one ounce of fresh simple syrup and two ounces of white rum. Now the mojito can use a lot of different rum so if you prefer to use a gold rum or a flavored rum, go right ahead and do that. Cap it off a new shaker tin full of ice and give it a good shake. You're going to strain your alcohols into a separate glass with fresh ice. Now I tend to like to leave my mojitos a little bit dirty. If you don't want any little bits of mint in there, you can do a second fine strain and that will remove any bits of mint. Top it off with a bit of sparkling soda. Give it a little stir. I always like to express a nice little fresh sprig of mint and a fresh lime. Now a nice little trick, if you have this fresh mint, if you have a nice long sprig next to your straw, every time you go in for a sip, if you've expressed that mint, you're going to get that nice smell of mint with every sip which I think is awesome on mojito. And there you have your mojito. Thanks so much for watching and please remember to always drink responsibly because everybody likes to make friends but no one likes to make them in a prison shower. We're going to need to do another one of that. That was perfect. That wasn't.