The story
The mojito grew out of older Cuban mixes of cane spirit, lime, sugar and mint. A popular legend links an early version, called El Draque, to the crew of the English privateer Francis Drake in the 1500s, though the evidence is thin. A similar recipe appears in a Cuban cocktail book in 1927, and the name mojito was printed on the menu of Sloppy Joe's bar in Havana in the early 1930s. La Bodeguita del Medio later claimed the drink and made it famous, helped by stories of Ernest Hemingway drinking there.
Also known as Cuban mojito.
On the Meridish menu
Mojito was the aperitif course on menu No. 25 on October 25, 2026. Its clue in the game, which hints at the place without naming it:
Rum, mint, lime, sugar and soda water, muddled in a tall glass. It's tied to the old bars of this capital.
In Meridish, every dish is pinned to the town or city most widely credited with creating it. A guess within 25 km scores all 100 points. How scoring works.
Sources
- diffordsguide.com/g/1228/mojito-cocktail/mojito-cocktail-history
- foodrepublic.com/1536893/mojito-cocktail-origin
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mojito
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