Pick the leaves from all but one of the mint sprigs, leaving it for garnish. Mash the leaves with lime juice and sugar in the bottom of a highball glass with a muddler. Fill the glass with ice cubes. Add the rum and top up with a bit of club soda. Garnish with the remaining mint sprig and serve with a straw.

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Mojito (pronounced /mo?'hi?to?/; Spanish: ) is a traditional Cuban highball. A Mojito is traditionally made of five ingredients: white rum, sugar (traditionally sugar cane juice), lime, sparkling water and mint. The original Cuban recipe uses spearmint or "Yerba buena", a much lighter mint variety very popular in the island. When preparing a Mojito, lime juice is added to sugar (or syrup) and mint leaves. The mixture is then gently mashed with a muddler. The mint leaves should only be bruised to release the essential oils and should not be shredded. The mojito is one of the most famous rum-based highballs. There are several versions of the mojito. Cuba is the birthplace of the Mojito, although the exact origin of this classic cocktail is the subject of debate. but rum was used as soon as it became widely available to the British (ca. 1650). Mint, lime and sugar were also helpful in hiding the harsh taste of this spirit. While this drink was not called a Mojito at this time, it was still the original combination of these ing...

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