Post #189663 by Satan's Sin on Thu, Sep 29, 2005 1:35 PM

A very good and admirable friend gave me a very good and admirable gift: a set of Tommy Bahama mojito glasses.

These glasses are chimney-style glasses, 8.5 inches tall and 2 inches in diameter.

I prepared a mojito in the traditional manner: four sprigs of fresh mint, 1.5 ounces of white rum, teaspoon sugar, juice of 1/2 lime along with their rinds, dropped into bottom of glass and thoroughly muddled. And let sit for five minutes for good measure.

Then, drop ice cubes on top of precious mojito juice. Then, fill with club soda. Garnish with another sprig.

Well. It was light and refreshing, as a mojito must be, but mayhaps a little too light. Due to the extreme narrowness of the glass, the precious mojito essence was not mixing properly with the club soda on top, blocked as it was by the ice.

So when the club soda part was done then it was time for over-intensified mojito essence, which, I must confess, I had to go at rather like a bear trying to get at the bottom of a honey jar. I was glad my wife and children were not present.

When I make a mojito in a wide-diameter glass like an old-fashioned, this problem doesn't crop up. The box specifically says these are for mojitos only. Did I do something wrong? Shall I consign them to mint juleps only?

I realize there are starving babies and the world is generally going to hell in a handbasket, but questions like these are important too and, I think, what really separates us from the animals.

Thanks in advance!

Don't get on the ship! Don't get on the ship!

[ Edited by: Satan's Sin 2005-09-29 13:37 ]