Blood Orange Mojito
- Medium
- citrus
A citrus, medium-strength cocktail, shaken over ice, served in a highball glass.
Serve in: highball glass
Ingredients
- 2 ozwhite rum
- 1 ozlime juice
- 1 ozblood orange juice
- 0.5 ozsimple syrup
- 5Mint Leaves
- 2 ozsparkling water
- 2mint sprigsoptional
- iceoptional
How to Make a Blood Orange Mojito
Instructions
- Muddle the mint into a cocktail shaker.
- Add rum, simple syrup, juices and some ice.
- Shake well and strain into a highball glass with ice.
- Top with sparkling water.
Garnish
Decorate with mint sprigs and a blood orange slice.
Tips & substitutions
- No lime juice? Try lemon juice.
The glass
Serve this one in a highball glass. Tall and narrow with straight or slightly flaring sides, the highball glass is used to serve highball cocktails and other mixed drinks. A highball glass is taller than an Old Fashioned glass, and shorter and wider than a Collins glass.
Did you know
Mojitos are Cuban cocktails that combine sweetness with citrus flavours and rum. It is traditionally made with white rum, sugar, lime juice, soda water, and mint.
