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Mojito Variations

Many hotels in Havana also add Angostura bitters to cut the sweetness of the Mojito; while icing sugar is often muddled with the mint leaves rather than cane sugar, and many establishments simply use sugar syrup to control sweetness.

• Fruit-flavoured vodkas or rums, such as mango, strawberry, lychee or mandarin, are often substituted
• A Mexican Mojito uses the Mexican native tequila instead of rum as a primary alcohol, and simple syrup instead of sugar for a sweetener
• A "Dirty Mojito" uses spiced rum, brown sugar syrup, key limes, crushed mint, and soda
• A Mojito without alcohol is called a "Virgin Mojito" or "Nojito"
• An "Apple Mojito" uses apple-flavoured liqueur as well as rum
• The drink is also spelled Mohito and Moxito in certain cultural areas of Cuba