These mojitos are delicious and you won't even taste the rum! So be careful ;) I bet it would be really good in the summer. Also it would look better in a martini glass, but alas, this we are trying to just get beyond bad booze, after all.
You need:
2 springs fresh mint
2 tsp sugar syrup (recipe below)
2 tbsp lime juice
3 tbsp rum
Soda water
Angostura bitters (optional, not shown)
Strip the leaves off the stocks of the mint springs. Place in the bottom of a chunky glass, ad sugar and pound gently to crush the mint leaves. Add the lime juice, 3 cubes of crushed ice, and the rum and a few drops of Angostura bitters. Stir and top up with soda! Don't use flat soda, btw.
Sugar syrup
Measure 125g unrefined sugar and put in a pan with 125 mL water. Warm over a very low heat, stirring until all the sugar completely dissolves. Take off the heat and pour into a clean jam jar and put it in the fridge. It'll last for a few weeks.
TIP 1... Use lots of ice! A good cocktail needs to be shaken with ice or at least poured into a jug full of ice. A shaker is usefull also.
TIP 2... http://www.cocktail.com/. Check itt
