Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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This is the Mojito's origin story. A story of pirates, fire water, rustic sugar, an alleged cholera outbreak and Havana (or maybe the Florida Keys).
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00:00 - Drink like a Pirate
00:37 - El Draque
02:10 - How sugar is made
06:47 - Cachaça tasting
09:00 - Lets make the drink
11:15 - Tasting Notes
13:57 - History of El Draque

El Draque:
Build in glass
2 oz. or 60 ml. Cachaça
4 oz. or 120 ml. Water
3 Tablespoons "Rustic" Sugar*
Juice and Hull of half a Lime
15 Mint Leaves
Muddle or Swizzle

*"Rustic" Sugar
Mix of Turbinado Sugar
Black Strap Molasses
Water

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