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T h e F a n c y-ito

Ingredients

Necessities (makes 1 cocktail):

  • 5-7 Mint leaves
  • 1/4-1/2 cup Rum
  • 1-1.5 tbsp Sugar
  • Soda Water
  • 1 1/4 Limes
  • 6-10 Raspberries
  • 6-10 Blueberries
  • Muddler
  • Mason Jars with lids
  • Cute straws and cocktail napkins

Instructions

  1. I always start off by washing the mint. I look closely for bugs too. Once there was a bug on one of my mint leaves. Par for the course when you are using mint from your yard but it still freaked me out and I am scarred and always search for bugs now.
  2. I always start with my mint at the bottom of the mason jar. Each cocktail should have 5-7 large mint leaves, depending on how minty you want it. I always go big with mint. Go big or go home. It's a good motto for lots of things, including mint.
  3. Then I add a tablespoon of sugar. My hubs(the real mojito master) and I have decided that using regular white sugar is the only way to go. The organic sugar doesn't seem to exfoliate the mint enough. Exfoliation of the mint is key!
  4. Then it's time to muddle. Muddling is another key thing. A mojito is not a mojito if the mint is not muddled.
  5. Then I add some lime. I add a half a lime into each cocktail. I always squeeze it before I muddle it. We have this fancy little squeezer contraption but honestly I think squeezing it myself is easier and you get less of a hand cramp.
  6. Then I muddle the lime into the mint and the sugar. Really work it in there. Remember..the more you muddle, the better it'll taste in the end. Trust me on this one! Muddle muddle muddle!
  7. Now, here is the key factor that distinguishes my fancy-ito from a regular mojito. Raspberries and blueberries! Y u m! I add about 6-10 of each berry. You can eye it and again, it just depends on how berry-ful you want your cocktails! More or less would be just as tasty.
  8. Then you muddle the berries into the mint, sugar and lime. Are you getting excited? They are looking so delish, aren't they?!
  9. The it's time to add the rum and the ice! Obviously you can make these as strong or as weak as you want, but I add 1/4-1/2 cup of rum to each cocktail. If it's been a long day or week, more rum may be necessary. You can be the judge of that one. :)
  10. Then I fill the jars with ice.
  11. Then I fill the rest of the jar with soda water.
  12. I add another squeeze of half a lime and another half tablespoon of sugar at the end.
  13. Then put your lids on and get ready to shake shake shake~do do do~shake shake shake! The little presidents and I always sing that song when we shake things around the house!