Ingredients

  • 2 ozcachaca
  • ¾ ozfresh lime juice
  • 2 tspsugar
  • 10 wholefresh mint leaves
  • 2 ozsoda water
  • 🍋Fresh mint sprig and lime wedge(garnish)

🔧 Tools

muddlerjiggerbar spoon

Instructions

  1. Place the mint leaves and sugar in the bottom of a highball glass. Gently press and bruise the mint with a muddler — do not tear it.
  2. Add the fresh lime juice and stir briefly to dissolve the sugar.
  3. Fill the glass with crushed ice and add the cachaça.
  4. Top with soda water and stir gently from the bottom up.
  5. Garnish with a fresh mint sprig and a lime wedge. Serve immediately.

📜 History

The Mojito traces its roots to Cuba, where it has been made with rum, lime, sugar, mint, and soda since at least the 19th century. Because cachaça — like rum — is a sugarcane-based spirit, it slots naturally into the Mojito template while giving the drink a distinctly Brazilian character. Unaged cachaça's grassy, fresh-cane notes echo the herbal quality of the mint, creating a more complex interplay than the rum version. The Cachaça Mojito became popular in Brazilian bars as bartenders explored international templates using their native spirit.

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