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For the Mojitos… 1 cup sugar/lime mixture 1 cup sugar/lime mixture 1 cup sugar/lime mixture 1 cup mint leaves, packed 1 cup mint leaves, packed
1 cup mint leaves, (fresh packed 1/2 pint blueberries (fresh or frozen) 1/2 pint blueberries or frozen) raspberries (fresh orfrozen) frozen) 1/2 pintpint blueberries (fresh 1/2 1/2 pint raspberries (fresh oror frozen) 4raspberries cups white rum (I use Don Q Cristal 3 or3 4orcups white rum(fresh (I use Don Q Cristal 1/2 pint or frozen) rum) rum) 4 cups soda 3 or34orcups clubclub soda
3 or 4 cups white rum (I use Don Q Cristal Combine the mint leaves andcup 1/2 of cup the sugar/lime Combine the mint leaves and 1/2 theofsugar/lime rum) mixture in bottom of a pitcher. Muddle the mint up very mixture in bottom of a pitcher. Muddle the mint up very well to release mint oils. Add the blueberries and continue 3 or 4 cups club soda well to release mint oils. Add the blueberries and continue to muddle. Combine the mint leaves and 1/2 cup of the sugar/lime to muddle.
mixture in bottom of a pitcher. Muddle the mint up very Add the remaining sugar/lime and continue raspberwell to release mintsugar/lime oils. Addmixture, the mixture, blueberries Add the remaining rum rum and and raspberries. Mix well. Just before serving, add the club soda ries. Mix well. Just before serving, add the club soda and and to muddle. ice. Pour Stir. Pour intoglasses. tall glasses. ice. Stir. into tall
Add the remaining sugar/lime mixture, rum and raspberOr…for drinks at one at a time, addclub the club soda to Or…for a time, don’tdon’t add the soda to and ries. Mixdrinks well. one Just before serving, add the club soda the pitcher. Instead, tall glass ice.itFill it one-third the pitcher. Instead, fill glasses. a fill tallaglass with with ice. Fill one-third ice. Stir. Pour into to halfway withtall club soda, then top with the mojito mix. to halfway with club soda, then top with the mojito mix. Garnish it with a mint Garnish it with a mint leaf. leaf.
Or…for drinks one at a time,LiveTheLive.Com don’t add the club soda to LiveTheLive.Com the pitcher. Instead, fill a tall glass with ice. Fill it one-third 18 Shop Into RI halfway with club soda, then top with the mojito mix. Garnish it with a mint leaf.
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