Ingredients

  • Several sprigs fresh mint
  • Peel of 1 small lemon, without the white pith
  • Juice of 1 small lime
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 1/2 cup crushed ice
  • 2 ounces Bacardi light rum
  • Sparkling mineral water to taste

Directions

In a mortar, crush the mint leaves. Combine the leaves and the remaining ingredients, except the mineral water, in a cocktail shaker, stir well to release the mint aroma, pour without straining into a tall glass, and top with sparkling mineral water.
Makes 1 drink



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Submitted 6/13/05.
Source: Memories of a Cuban Kitchen
Submitted By: Roxanne Cancel
roxtone@mauigateway.com
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