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Mojito drinks are quickly becoming the most popular drinks in restaurants and bars. But you can make them at home and save yourself a lot of money. Follow these easy steps and you will be on your way to making a delicious Mojito.

Step One: Gather all of your ingredients. You will need spearmint leaves, a lime, soda, sugar and rum. Bacardi Rum is the best for a perfect Mojito. But you can use other brands such as Jacquins or even El Dorado.

Step Two: Take a glass and place 3 or 4 spearmint mint leaves into a place. Add some lime grinds into the glass. Mix with limejuice and sugar.

Step Three: Mix all of these items up. There is no rhyme or reason to mixing these ingredients. You just want to get them together.

Step Four: Next, fill the glass with ice. You can use as little or as much ice as you want. A couple of cubes is usually enough. If you make it by the pitcher, use about 6-8 ice cubes. You don’t want to use too much because it will water down the drinks as the ice melts.

Step Five: Take 1 shot; you can use a shot glass or a bartender shot glass to measure. Pour the run directly over the ice. Using a straw or a swizzle stick to mix the rum with the leaves and the limejuice.

Step Six: Fill up the rest of the glass with soda water or seltzer. You can use as much rum as you want. If you want the Mojito stronger add more rum. For the weakest drink, use the 1 shot of rum.

Step Seven: Take a lime and cut one slice about ¼” thick. This is used to garnish the glass. Serve chilled.

You can use either a regular 12 ounce Collins Glass, a regular drinking glass or a Margarita Glass. If you are having a party, you could make a pitcher for the party. They taste great and they are very inexpensive to make. Perfect for weekend get togethers.