Cocktails

Mojito

Our cocktail is famous, made 100% with natural fruits. Havana, in Cuba, is the cradle of the mojito, although its exact origin is a subject of debate. It was known that local South American Indians had remedies for various tropical diseases, so a small group landed in Cuba and returned with ingredients for an effective medicine. The ingredients were sugarcane brandy (a raw form of rum made from sugarcane) mixed with local tropical ingredients: lime, sugarcane juice, and mint. Lime juice alone helps significantly combat scurvy and dysentery, and rum was soon added, and the drink became popular as the latter product became more affordable for the British (ca. 1650). Mint, lime, and sugar also helped to hide the harsh taste. Another theory is that it was invented by Sir Francis Drake. The cocktail "El Draque" was prepared with brandy. Although this drink was not called a mojito at that time, it was the original combination of these ingredients.