Description
This gorgeous green Matcha Mojito is verdant, earthy and a fun twist on a classic cocktail. Perfect for entertaining!
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 oz white rum
- 3 oz hot water
- 1/4 tsp matcha powder
- 3 tbsp demerara sugar
- 1 lime, juiced
- 20 mint leaves
- Club soda to top
- Crushed ice
- Mint and lime wedges to garnish
Instructions
- Heat water to make tea. Add ¼ tsp of matcha to water and whisk well until it's dissolved. Set aside and let cool.
- Add 1 ½ tbsp of sugar to each cocktail glass with 10 mint leaves each. Muddle mint leaves and sugar.
- Juice ½ of a lime into each glass and muddle until mint leaves are broken into smaller pieces.
- Once matcha has cooled a bit, add rum and matcha mixture to a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake for a slow count of 10.
- Add crushed ice to each glass. Strain and pour ½ of rum matcha mixture into each glass.
- Top with club soda, stir well and garnish with mint leaves and lime wedges.
Notes
MOCKTAIL VERSION:
- Heat water to make tea. Whisk together ¼ tsp of matcha and 3 oz hot water until matcha is dissolved. Set aside and let cool.
- Add 1 ½ tbsp of demerara sugar to each glass with 10 mint leaves each. Muddle mint leaves and sugar.
- Juice ½ of a lime into each glass and muddle until mint leaves are broken into smaller pieces.
- Once matcha has cooled a bit, add matcha to a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake for a slow count of 10.
- Add crushed ice to each glass. Then strain and pour ½ of matcha into each glass.
- Top with club soda, stir well and garnish with mint leaves and lime wedges.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 5 minutes
- Category: Cocktails
- Method: Shaken
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