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Planter's Rum Punch

3 ounces dark Jamaican rum
1 ounce simple syrup
3/4 ounce fresh lime juice
3 dashes Angostura bitters

Combine ingredients in a tall glass and fill with crushed ice.

Swizzle with a bar spoon until a frost forms on the outside of the glass.

Garnish with a mint sprig.

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Bobby Flay's Watermelon Tequila Cocktail

From http://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/watermelon-tequila-cocktails

2 oz silver tequila
1/2 oz fresh lime juice
1/4 oz simple syrup

2 cups diced seedless watermelon (1 pound)
~5 blueberries
1/4 cup loosely packed chopped fresh mint leaves, plus some garnish

In a blender, puree the watermelon until smooth. Set a fine-mesh strainer over a bowl and strain the watermelon juice, pressing gently on the solids to extract as much juice as possible. Discard the pulp.

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Mint Julep Manhattan

A juleped Manhattan or Old Fashioned

4 parts Mint Julep Makers Mark (or 3 parts bourbon mized with 1 part simple syrup muddled with mint)
2 parts Cognac
1 part sweet vermouth
1 part dry vermouth
Dash Peychaud's bitters

Garnish with a cherry and a sprig of mint.

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Mojito

4.0 parts White Rum or Cachaca (cut down the sugar if using cachaca)
3.0 parts lime juice
3 sprigs of Mint
2 teaspoons Sugar
Soda Water (or just water)

In an old fashioned glass, muddle most of the mint with sugar and slices of lime plus a dash of lime juice. Add in ice, Mix in rum and soda water. Garnish with sprig of mint.

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Mojito Tea

1 part cachaca
2 parts Sweet Tea infused Vodka (Firefly)

Muddle with 2 lime slices, 1 sprig mint, and 1 Tbsp raw cane sugar per low tumbler glass. Serve with ice. Garnish with mint.

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Mint Julep

2 oz bourbon
8 sprigs of mint
1 tsp of sugar

Muddle mint and sugar in mixing glass. Add shaved ice and bourbon. Shake until frosted and pour all into rocks glass full of crushed or shaved ice. Garnish with a mint sprig.

See also:
http://usumcasane.tumblr.com/post/555114642 for crushed-mint-in-the-glass style
and
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/sara-moulton/the-perfect-mint... for extracting mint beforehand.

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Moscow Mule

1¼ oz vodka
3 oz ginger beer
1 tsp sugar syrup
¼ oz lime juice
1 sprig mint
1 slice lime

In a copper mug or low tumbler glass, pour vodka over ice. Add sugar syrup and lime juice. Top with ginger beer and stir.

Garnish with mint sprig and lime slice.

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