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post #46 of 57
7/19/09 at 4:32am
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You know what I'm listening to right now?

Silence.



I will never live this down, will I?

Maybe we can try again.
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post #47 of 57
7/19/09 at 7:36pm
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Originally Posted by King Francis View Post
Obviously simple syrup can make for a great mojito. But cane sugar is my personal preference. I like the way it acts as an abrasive during muddling, a fact mentioned by the admirable Chris Doig here. He does a time-intensive English version of the mojito which is close to my own, including the way he adds half the rum, fills the glass with crushed ice, then adds the rest of the rum. The video is worth watching even if you favor a different recipe.
I prefer raw sugar myself for the same reason. This is an ingrained habit that I picked up from an old Kentuckyian who taught me how to make a mint julep. They muddle with sugar.
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post #48 of 57
7/19/09 at 8:26pm
One ingredient I don't see listed, unless I missed it.

A couple of dashes of Bitters.
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post #49 of 57
7/19/09 at 8:35pm
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Originally Posted by JPHardy View Post
One ingredient I don't see listed, unless I missed it.

A couple of dashes of Bitters.

There are plenty of cocktails that need bitters, a good mojito is not one of them.
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post #50 of 57
7/19/09 at 8:47pm
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There are plenty of cocktails that need bitters, a good mojito is not one of them.

I can't comment whether it is need or not. Just that it is my understanding of how a classic Mojito is made.

That's how they make it in Cuba, and how Dale DeGroff taught me how to make it.
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post #51 of 57
7/19/09 at 8:53pm
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Originally Posted by JPHardy View Post
That's how they make it in Cuba, and how Dale DeGroff taught me how to make it.
Prove it. Not ONCE did I see them add bitters in my two weeks in Cuba, LBdM included.
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post #52 of 57
7/19/09 at 8:58pm
Because the ingredients already form a perfect balance, there is really no need to add bitters. If it is true that Dale is advocating using bitters in a mojito, then he has truly gone too far in his zeal to bring back "the cocktails of old". He's putting the bitters on a pedestal!
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post #53 of 57
7/19/09 at 9:42pm
Why would you want to make a sweet/tart drink bitter?
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post #54 of 57
7/19/09 at 11:01pm
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Originally Posted by whodini View Post
Prove it. Not ONCE did I see them add bitters in my two weeks in Cuba, LBdM included.

Whodini- you are right the LBdM does not use it and it seems never did.

I'm not sure how I can prove to you that barmen in Cuba do use bitters, but I was told by family that they did, and I have read that they do. I did not witness is myself so I can only go from that.

If you have some friends in the UK they can get you some 3yr old Havana Club. I have purchased it in Paris and in St Marteen.


Rambo- "Bitters" don't actually make a cocktail bitter.
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post #55 of 57
7/20/09 at 12:16am
I could understand if it was just a gimmick at one bar or perhaps just at one city but country-wide? My trip, aside from trying to explore the country as much as I could, was basically one long "grail" mojito hunt: Old Havana (where I had most of them), a few places around Vedado, the resorts in Verdadero, Hotel Nacional, a place in Cienfuegos, didn't find any in Trinidad, and a place in Santa Clara. Simply do not seeing anything different in the preparations or any noticeable difference in taste to suggest bitters were added. Supposedly here in CR there's 3yr but I've yet to find it. I see ads for Havana Club all the time, too.
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post #56 of 57
7/20/09 at 3:05am
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Originally Posted by whodini View Post
My trip, aside from trying to explore the country as much as I could, was basically one long "grail" mojito hunt

Now that is a trip done right.
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post #57 of 57
7/20/09 at 3:16am
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Now that is a trip done right.
I almost didn't go on the trip, either. My airline company lost my ticket in the mail... Or was it that their printer was broken? I forget now which.
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