Ma waena o nā cocktails rum-based, ʻo ka Mojito ka mea kaulana loa. He mea maʻalahi ka hana ʻana, pono ʻoe e ʻike i ka haku mele, nā ʻāpana a me ka rum e koho ai. Ma nā ʻano he nui, pili ka ʻono o ka cocktail i ka rum.
Wahi a ka papa hana maʻamau, ua hoʻomākaukau ʻia ʻo Mojito ma ke kumu o nā ʻano māmā o ka rum, akā ua hoʻomaka pū nā ʻano ʻeleʻele e hoʻohana ikaika i kēia manawa. Ua ʻōlelo ka poʻe connoisseurs ʻaʻole pili kēia i ka ʻono o ka cocktail i hoʻopau ʻia ma nā ʻano āpau a hoʻomaikaʻi wale i nā mea nona ka pā.
ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā ʻano ʻeleʻele kahiko, i inu ʻia i ko lākou ʻano maʻemaʻe, ma mua o nā māmā. I ʻEulopa, hoʻokūkū ka whiskey a me ka cognac me ka lama no ka makemake o ka poʻe aloha i ka waiʻona ikaika, no laila ua emi ka noi no ka lama ʻeleʻele, no laila ua hoʻomaka lākou e hana iā Mojito ma luna o ia.
ʻO ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka lama ʻeleʻele (gula) e hoʻonui i ke kumukūʻai o ka cocktail, akā ʻaʻole pili i kona ʻono ma kekahi ʻano.
Ma waena o nā hōʻailona i hoʻohana pinepine ʻia ʻo "Habana Club" a me "Ron Varadero". Manaʻo ʻia ʻo Bacardi rum, ka mea i kaulana iā mākou, ʻaʻole ia ke koho maikaʻi loa no Mojito, akā nui nā bartenders ʻaʻole i ʻae i kēia ʻōlelo a hoʻomākaukau i ka cocktail e pili ana iā Bacardi. No kahi kanaka maʻalahi, ʻaʻohe mea koʻikoʻi ka brand, no ka mea, nalowale ka ʻono o ka rama ke hui pū ʻia me ka soda, lime a me ke kō.
Pehea e pani ai i ka rama ma Mojito
ʻaneʻane hiki ke pani ʻia nā meaʻai a pau. He mea maʻalahi loa nā mea a pau: hiki iāʻoe ke lawe i ka vodka ma keʻano he kumu waiʻona. ʻAʻole i loaʻa mau ka mint hou, ʻo ka hopena kumu e hoʻohui i ka mint syrup i ka cocktail, kahi e hoʻopau ai i ka pono e ninini i ke kō.