What is dirty mojito?

Mojito is a Cuban national drink and a combination of rum, leaves of mint, sugar, soda water and lime juice. In the United States, the drink has gained great popularity as a refreshing and unusual taste of the tropics. It is also, like most known drinks, inspired relatively few variations. Among them is dirty Mojito.

So that the "dirty" drink means that you can easily change the color and taste by adding or changing some basic ingredients. For example, dirty martini contains olive juice. In fact, there are several versions of Mojito Dirty. One classic is to use raw sugar instead of white granulated. This gives the drink a very slightly tanned or "dirty" color.

Another dirty variant Mojito advocates the use of brown sugar. This would change the taste of the drink maybe more than raw sugar. Brown sugar has a slightly caramel, a slightly molassed taste that could add more complexity to contrast lime and mints the taste of rum taste. It really changes color and with the addition of various tasting sugarIt will lead to changes in colors and taste. Honey is another proposed sweetener, although it should be used sparingly to prevent too much drink.

Like many recipes Mojito, Dirty Mojitos spend a little effort. Most cocktail enthusiasts suggest that they are muddy or crush the coin, sugar, lime juice and ice somewhat. Others believe that if you do it, you will end up with what looks like floating grass in your drink. However, this might be useful to describe the "dirty". As soon as the muddling process ends, the lime juice acid helps to pull out the taste of oil in the mint. You can also easily leave these ingredients sitting minutes if you would like to keep the leaves of mint intact.

Add rum, usually single (0.03 liters) and supplements the drink with carbon water. You can change the amount of mint, sugar, alcohol, lime juice and soda water to make dirty mojitol taste, tastier, sweeter or cooler. Most people develop their own recipes when they do them at home. As with pure mojit, dirty mojito is usually served in a tall glass and can be decorated with several coins or slice of lime.

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