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Yum Alert: Kumquat Mojito

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Written by emilyc

How gorgeous is this Kumquat Mojito? This semi-confusing fruit is in the citrus family, but you can eat the whole thing including the peel. Also, you can argue that this cocktail is totally healthy – kumquats are an awesome source of vitamin C, B complex vitamins, and antioxidants! Cheers to that.

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Ingredients:

– 1 dash of angostura bitter.
– 8 mint leaves.
– 1 dash of Soda water.
– 3 cl of fresh lime juice.
– 3 cl of Mojito Mint syrup.
– 2 cl of Havana 7 rum.
– 3 cl of Bacardi Superior rum.
– 3 teaspoons of fresh fruit kumquats.
– 2 cl of mandarine syrup Monin.

Preparation:

– Muddle gently the mint leaves inside the glass.
– Add the ingredients and stir gently.
– Complete with plenty of crushed ice and stir to cool the cocktail.
– Serve the cocktail with two straws and garnish with a sprig of mint.

Served:

Directly in the glass.

Type of glass:

Mojito glass.

Garnish:

1 sprig of mint.

About the author

emilyc

Emily is a New Yorker trapped in a Floridian's body and loves every minute of her big city life. With a major in international business and years of being surrounded by ill-fitting suits and all the wrong shoes, she learned that the importance of fashion needs to be communicated to the world. To her, fashion is on the same level as charity work and feeding hungry children. Emily can be found frolicking the streets of her gayborhood enjoying the off-color humor of the gays.