The first story of Mojito goes back to the beginning of the 16^th century. Sir Francis Drake is one of the most famous names in the Caribbean. He was a British sea captain, slave-trader and pirate nicknamed by El Draque, translating means “The Dragon”.

This legend begins near Havana. Drake was commanding a fleet of British ships laden the Spanish riches. One day, to celebrate one of the loots with his crew, they prepared a drink with aguardiente de cana, lime, sugar and mint and named it after “El Draque”.

A second story, says the original Mojito was a medicinal drink used by the locals Taino and Ciboney Indians to cure disease. Mint to calm the stomach, lime to treat scurvy and rum as a base. Is thought the name comes from the African word mojo which translates to magic.

This last theory comes to be confirmed in Blanche Zacharie de Baralt’s 1931 Cuban cookery: Gastronomic Secret of the Tropics, where he publishes a cocktail named of “Rum Cocktail – Cuban Mojo”.

The bar La Bodeguita Del Medio is the birthplace of the Mojito. Where Ernest Hemingway wrote a board saying “My Mojito en La Bodeguita. My Daiquiri in El Floridita”.