A virgin mojito with real mint, real lime, and no muddler.
A mojito is lime, mint, sugar, and soda. Keep those and the rum becomes optional, which is why the mojito is the easiest classic to make without spirits and the hardest to get right from a can. Here is how the options compare, how to judge one, and how to serve it. Then ours: Superclasico Mojito, coming soon in 8oz cans.
What makes a mojito a mojito
Lime, mint, sugar, and soda, built in the glass.
The classic build is white rum, fresh lime juice, sugar or simple syrup, fresh mint leaves, soda water, and crushed ice. The mint is pressed with the sugar and lime to release its oil, then rum, ice, and soda go in. Each part has a job. Lime brings the acid. Sugar brings balance and body. Mint brings the cooling aromatic top note. Soda brings lift and length. Rum brings a faint sweetness and warmth, and it is the least assertive thing in the glass, which is why a mojito made without it can sit so close to the original.
The usual ways it goes wrong: over-muddled mint (bitter, grassy, leaves in your teeth), too much sugar, flat soda, or no mint at all, which leaves you with a lime soda.
How to judge one
Taste for the mint first. It is the thing cans get wrong.
- Real mint and real lime (juice or peel), not flavor alone. Extract-based mint reads as the leaf; artificial mint reads as toothpaste.
- Which mint. Spearmint is the classic mojito leaf; peppermint is cooler and stronger. Both work, and they are different drinks.
- The sweetener. Cane sugar carries the mint. Stevia and sugar alcohols with mint are a known bad pairing: metallic, with a cooling aftertaste that does not leave.
- Carbonation. A mojito is a long, sparkling drink. Flat is a failure.
- Sugar and calories per serve, on the panel. A bar mojito carries a lot of sugar; a good version built without spirits usually carries less.
- Serving size and price per serve.
- Whether it takes rum well, so one base serves the whole table.
How to serve it
Cold, over ice, in a highball.
Lime wheel. A mint sprig if you have one (slap it against your palm first to wake the oil). No muddler and no mint syrup; that is the point of buying it made. For a crowd, a pitcher, with the ice added at the end. Add rum for whoever wants it.
Superclasico Mojito, from Casamara Club
Our non-alcoholic mojito is Superclasico Mojito: a non-alcoholic cocktail made simply from Demerara cane sugar, peppermint, and lime, in 8oz cans, coming soon. Throw away your muddler.
There is no drink more refreshing than a Mojito, and ours is probably the best. Made simply from Demerara cane sugar, peppermint, and lime: lime peel up front, peppermint through the middle, demerara on the finish.
Against the checklist above: lime juice and lime peel are both in it, and the mint is peppermint extract. The sweetener is Demerara cane sugar, real sugar, no stevia. It is sparkling; sparkling water is the first ingredient. 55 calories per 8oz can. It takes rum; start with rum and ice in a highball and pour the Mojito down the wall of the glass.
Ingredients: Sparkling Water, Lime Juice, Demerara Cane Sugar, with Extracts of Peppermint, and Lime Peel.
Coming soon. Sold online in 12-can packs and up. Tap Notify Me on the product page and we'll let you know when it's available.
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Get notified when it's available →Questions worth asking
What is a mojito without rum called?
Made from scratch, a virgin mojito or a nojito. In a can, it's sold as a non-alcoholic mojito. Ours is Superclasico Mojito.
Can I make a mojito without a muddler?
Yes. Press the mint with the back of a spoon, use a mint syrup, or pour one that already has the mint in it. Superclasico Mojito is the third option: peppermint and lime peel are extracted into the drink, so there is nothing to muddle.
Does Superclasico Mojito have sugar?
Yes. Demerara cane sugar: real sugar, no stevia. 55 calories per 8oz can. The full panel is on the product page.
Can I add rum to it?
Yes. Start with rum and ice at the bottom of a highball, pour the Mojito down the wall of the glass, and finish with a lime wheel.
Why does canned mint sometimes taste like toothpaste?
Artificial mint flavoring, or mint oil with nothing to balance it. Ours is peppermint extract set against lime peel and demerara, one of each, so the mint stays a leaf and not a candy.
When can I buy it?
It's coming soon. Tap Notify Me on the product page and we'll let you know when it's available.
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