Floridita's Mojito Cocktail

Ingredients

7 to 8 fresh mint leaves
Crushed ice
One and one-fourth ounce of rum
Juice of half a lime
1 ounce sugar cane syrup
Club soda

Instructions

Muddle five to six mint leaves in the bottom of a cocktail glass. Fill a hand shaker half full with crushed ice. Add the rum, lime and sugar cane syrup. Shake well. Pour the shaken mixture in the cocktail glass with the crushed mint leaves and top off with soda. Garnish with more fresh mint and toss in a lime wedge.

Makes 1 drink