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The "Debrief" Mojito.

Warning, Can result in stupefaction and a tendency to sleep during the day.

Serve in a tall glass.
  • 50ml rum
  • 25ml gomme syrup 
  • Half a lime
  • 4 mint sprigs
  • Soda water
  • Crushed ice
  1. Cut a lime into quarters and place two quarters into the glass. 
  2. Add the gomme syrup and rum and muddle together, making sure you squeeze the juice out of the limes. 
  3. Fill with crushed ice and top up with soda. 
  4. Add the sprigs of mint and stir, lifting the lime, sugar and rum upwards

In these lock-down times, Syrup + Soda can be replaced by lemonade.  I won't complain.

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