A fresh mint syrup mojito is a lovely way to relax and think of holidays and sunshine.
Making your own mint syrup is easy & great for experimenting with flavours:
- For example after eight mint will give a chocolate minty flavour
- Fresh pepper mint is probably a traditional mojito
- Or why not try apple mint (as shown on the right)
Making your own mint syrup takes less than 20 minutes and costs virtually nothing (only sugar has to be bought) – more details.
How to make fresh mint syrup mojito
Ingredients:
- 1 shot mint syrup (any flavour)
- 30 ml lime juice
- 1 shot white rum
- A few mint leaves (for decoration)
- 1 slice of lime (for decoration)
- 8 ice cubes (crushed)
- 120 ml soda
Equipment
- Cocktail shaker
- Knife
Instructions
- Pour the mint syrup, lime juice and rum into a cocktail shaker
- Add a handful of crushed ice and shake.
- Pour into a glass filled with ice.
- Add the mint leaves and lime on top and pour in the soda.
- Stir and serve with a straw.
- Optional – if using apple mint syrup add a cinnamon stick
Different types of mint syrup
There are well over 1000 different types of mint, although about 20 types are most often grown at home. the beauty is that they are easy to grow and will have different flavours, great if you want to experiment.
Fresh mint will make a real difference
Fresh mint leaves add real flavour to many recipes, like the fresh mint syrup mojito recipe.
You can buy Fresh Mint in many shops (for example you can buy it on Amazon)
But it’s also very easy to grow at home.
For example the After eight mint on the right.
- Was planted from a plug plant
- Grown in a pot (to stop it taking over the garden)
- And ready to use withing 30 days.
- And will keep growing and growing
If you want to grow your own mint at home then all you need is a plug plant and a pot.
But do note the different mint types all have a unique flavour (Orange mint, Spearmint, Apple Mint, etc.).
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Fresh mint syrup mojito
Equipment
- 1 cocktail shaker (optional)
Ingredients
- 1 Shot Fresh mint syrup
- 1 Shot White Rum
- 30 ml Lime juice
- 8 ice cubes crushed
- 4 Fresh Mint Leaves (for decoration)
- 1 slice Lime (for decoration)
- 120 ml Soda
Instructions
- Step 1 – Prepare the base mix– Pour the mint syrup, lime juice and rum into a cocktail shaker– Add a handful of crushed ice– And shake
- Step 2 – Pour into the glass– Fill a tall glass with crushed ice– Pour the mix into the glass– Add the mint leaves and lime piece on top
- Step 3 – Finish the mojito– Pour in the soda.– Stir and serve with a straw.
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