One would think, but the mojitos at the bar called Mojito's here in SF are not good, even though they say they're following the recipe.

how do you screw that up? Slice lime, put in glass. Add mint and sugar. Muddle with mortar or handle of a wooden spoon. Add rum and ice. ELEMENTARY.

True story, though. Mojito's mojito's were not nummy.

ELEMENTARY.

Forgot the soda water. (Hee!) Seriously, I do not know how they mess it up, but they do. And Sazeracs are much more complicated.

edit: See, Aims remembers. They were Not Tasty.

See, Aims remembers.

Sadly, the memories stops there. I believe that was about when the drinking began ...

WAIT!! I remember walking into the one bar and hearing "Say Hello to the pansies!!" yelled at us and having red-headed sluts.

Good times, man. Good times.

t is wistful

Forgot the soda water.

BLASPHEMY!

I think mojitos are supposed to knock you on your ass. the soda water is just an attempt to make the drink palatable for the casual drinker.

No, the soda water is there to help the lime cut through the rum + sugar sweetness. The fizziness is a necessary component.

Yeah, it's not a mojito without the soda water. It's some other drink.

According to my Memories From a Cuban Kitchen cookbook, a Mojito has Angostura bitters, lime, mint, rum, and sparkling mineral water-- no sugar. A Mojito Criollo adds lemon peel and sugar.

You still have my cell number, right?

a Mojito has Angostura bitters, lime, mint, rum, and sparkling mineral water

Oooohhhh. Everything is better with bitters. I shall have to try this version.

I remember walking into the one bar and hearing "Say Hello to the pansies!!" yelled at us and having red-headed sluts.

Wait - we had us? (Ba dum BUM.) Ah, Columbus Cafe, back in the day....