If you have mint growing in your garden, you’re likely swimming in it right now. The summery mojito cocktail tops the list of what to do with it.
The mojito has uncertain origins, but one of the most popular theories is that in the 1580s, Sir Francis Drake—commissioned by Queen Elizabeth I to plunder the Spanish to try to get at their horde of looted gold—arrived in Havana, Cuba, with an ill crew. His cousin proposed a mix of lime, mint, and cane sugar liquor as medicine, which became known as El Draque. Rum took over the liquor role and it became the “mojito,” a name with its own share of origin stories. Regardless of whodunnit first, the title of birthplace is generally reported as La Habana, Cuba….
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