Moroccan Green Tea Mojito

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1 cup very strongly brewed gunpowder tea
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 ounces rum (i prefer gin, which works just as well)
• 3/4 ounce simple syrup
• sparkling water
• 1 dash bitters
• 2 sprigs mint
• ice cube

Recipe

• 1 for the syrup:.
• 2 in a medium sauce pan, combine two ingredients and stir over medium heat until sugar has dissolved. bring tea mixture to a light boil. simmer, stirring occasionally, until reduced to a half of the original amount to create a syrup. this will take 15 minutes or more, depending how thick you want your syrup. let cool.
• 3 for the drink:.
• 4 in a cocktail shaker, combine rum, simple syrup, bitters, and a sprig of mint. shake well. pour into your glass (with or without ice cubes) and top with sparkling water. garnish with a sprig of mint and enjoy.