La Cumbre Vieja Mojito Recipe In Honor Of GLP user VQC in La Palma

I'd wager you prefer sangria for some reason....

Or some nice Absinthe and lose an ear.

I throw fruit into champagne or gin and tonic and call it a day. Sometimes if I'm feeling really motivated, I add juice.

I'm not going to be ashamed of it.

I have so much mint -- it has taken over.

I figure that after the apocalypse, the only two things surviving on Earth will be cockroaches and mint.

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Buy a goat. That will take care of your mint … and cabbage, broccoli, tomatoes, peppers …. Never mind. Don’t get a goat.

I have so much mint -- it has taken over.

I figure that after the apocalypse, the only two things surviving on Earth will be cockroaches and mint.

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Love absinthe. Jade 1901 for the win!

One of our own is reporting from the Island of La Palma where all hell is about to break loose with the Cumbre Vieja volcano.

Thread: Cumbre Vieja volcano post eruption phase! Time to say goodbye for volcano-thank you for all support :) (Page 122)

In honor of him I will post my Mojito recipe.

Ingredients:

Fresh Mint
One satchet of white sugar
The liquid of a small fresh Lime (Green Lima, NOT Lemon)
White rum
Crushed Ice
Touch of Casera (use 7up if you cannot get it)
Drinking straw


Use a large pint glass
Squeeze out the Lime into the glass - you should have half a finger no more.
Add the sugar and swirl the glass a little
Add 5 leaves of fresh mint - no stems
Swirl the glass again to get the leaves wet
Add 5 seconds of Rum (= 1.5 shot glass)
Take a small spoon and stir without breaking the leaves
Stir until all sugar has dissolved (check by looking at the bottom) May take up to 2 minutes
Add crushed ice and fill to the rim
Add a touch of Casera until glass full
Take two fresh mint stalks without the roots - ideally the same length as the glass
Activate the mint by gently slapping the mint against your hand in a one-two motion - do not crush
Place the stalks in the glass using the spoon to submerge - one on the left side one on the right
Add straw on the side and gently stir around 3 or 4 times
Try to grab some of the bottom leaves and pull them up to the middle of the glass

Enjoy.

Refill:
Use a second Pint glass and dump the left over contents in the second glass. Fish out the two stalks.
Use a few new leaves and proceed as before. Dump back the ice and top it up with fresh ice.
Follow recipe as before - the two stalks may be reused for flavor and decoration.

Second refill: you will not care and do as you please.

Cheers VQC - good luck my friend.

I have so much mint -- it has taken over.

I figure that after the apocalypse, the only two things surviving on Earth will be cockroaches and mint.

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Add cucumber to your Mojito..Very refreshing!

I'm due for a mojito, now I'll drink one in honor of VQC's GLP adventure!

Ehhhh. Nope.

I'm due for a mojito, now I'll drink one in honor of VQC's GLP adventure!

I have a hateon for mint...so it is a mintless mojito...lol..

It's not just the mint - it is the harmony between the sugar, rum and the mint all mixed together.

You should try it at least once.

Basil on the other hand.. Try basil. It is wonderful!

I shall reorder upon the morrow then.

Strictly no deviations of an original that has been proven for decades.

Lol...ya when I tended bar...no substitutions were allowed at all. MY sangria rocked...

Are you allowed to share?

Did it involve Brandy and Cointreau?

Sorry mix em up all the time /pun

Yes indeed! Both and Gran Marnier! Then red wine and soda and we had fresh squeezed orange juice as well. For my friends I'd add a ounce of the cheapest vodka to the pitcher as well.

I'm on my second refill.

Pussies.

What drink goes well with noxious volcanic ash clouds?

Asking for a friend.