Ingredients

• 20ml/¾fl oz fresh lime juice (or 1-2 limes
• chopped)
• 1 tbsp caster sugar
• 2-3 tbsp fresh mint leaves
• left whole
• 50ml/1¾fl oz Cuban (or other) rum
• plenty of crushed ice
• 330ml/12fl oz glass
• fresh mint sprig to garnish

Directions

• Pour the lime juice into the glass.
• Add the sugar and stir until it dissolves in the lime juice. (If using freshly chopped limes instead of lime juice
• crush them with the sugar using a pestle until the sugar dissolves.)
• Throw in the whole mint leaves
• letting them fall where they may
• even letting them stick to the sides of the glass. The glass should be loosely full of mint.
• Pour crushed ice over the mint leaves to fill the glass.
• Using a spoon
• stir the ice with the mint and lime until the mint starts to break. Do not break the mint until this point.
• Top with 50ml of rum and stir until evenly mixed and the ice is slightly slushy.
• Serve with a sprig of mint on top.