Cojito

Cojito

  • Type
    Cocktail
  • Primary alcohol by volume
    Rum
  • Served
    Straight up
  • Standard garnish
    Trimmed coconut and mint leaf
  • Standard drinkware
    Cocktail glass
  • Commonly used ingredients
    15ml of white rum
    5ml malibu
    5ml lime juice
    Mint leaves
    1 sprig of mint
  • Preparation
    In a shaker add white rum, malibu, lime juice, some mint leaves and crushed ice, garnish with the sprig of mint.

The cojito is a sweet cocktail made with lime and mint, and typically rum and coconut.

It is a variant of the mojito, but typically adds coconut flavor.

This can be done by adding coconut milk or coconut-flavored liqueurs, or by using coconut-flavored rum such as blue chair bay, cruzan coconut, or malibu.

Coconut on the rim of the cocktail glass may also be used.

The use of coconut rum gives the cojito a more “tropical” taste than the mojito.

The strong minty taste may lead some to adjust downward the quantity of fresh mint leaves used.

References
Cojito

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