Water No – Jito Recipe

Time15m

Serves4

This is the good stuff without the rum! Lime, mint, and sugar, muddled and shaken with a splash of soda

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Ingredients

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1
Combine limes and sugar
In a large sturdy mixing glass or pitcher, add the granulated sugar and the juice from the fresh limes. Stir briefly to begin dissolving the sugar.
2
Add mint
Tuck the mint leaves into the lime-sugar mixture. Using a muddler (or the back of a wooden spoon), gently muddle the mint 6–8 times. Aim to bruise the leaves to release oils without shredding them — this keeps the drink bright instead of bitter.

3
Add about 2 cups of cubed ice to the pitcher or transfer the muddled mixture to a cocktail shaker with ice. If using a shaker, cap and shake vigorously for 10–15 seconds to chill and further integrate flavors. If staying in the pitcher, stir vigorously until chilled (about 20–30 seconds).
4
Taste the mixture. If the sugar hasn't fully dissolved or you'd like the drink sweeter, add up to 1/4 cup simple syrup and stir to combine.

5
Place crushed ice or fresh ice in four highball or Collins glasses (about 3/4 cup per glass). Divide the muddled lime-mint mixture among the glasses (about 1/3 cup each).
6
Top each glass with about 1/2 cup (120 ml) cold club soda or sparkling water, gently stir once to combine and lift some mint leaves through the drink for aroma.
7
Garnish each glass with a lime wedge and a sprig of mint. Serve immediately with a straw or stirrer.