Mojito

Submitted by Katy

Ingredients:

2 sprigs fresh mint
1 oz. simple syrup
3/4 oz. fresh lime juice
1-1/2 oz. Bacardi Silver rum
soda water

Tools:

mixing glass
Collins glass
citrus squeezer
muddler
shaker
strainer

Start with a sprig of mint in the bottom of a glass. Add 1 oz. simple syrup and 3/4 oz. fresh-squeezed lime juice and muddle the mixture. Add 1-1/2 oz. Silver rum and shake well with ice. Strain over new ice in a Collins glass to remove the muddled mint pieces. Top it off with soda water and garnish with a mint sprig.