Editing Mojito (section)

==History==
[[Havana]], [[Cuba]], is the birthplace of the mojito,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.liquor.com/articles/bacardi-mojito-history/|title=Explore the Mojito's Captivating and Delectable History|last=Staff|first=Liquor com|website=Liquor.com|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-08|archive-date=23 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180823123733/https://www.liquor.com/articles/bacardi-mojito-history/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tastecocktails.com/the-mojitos-kit-august-2015/|title=The History of the Mojito|date=26 July 2015|website=TASTE cocktails|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-01-08|archive-date=20 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920064522/https://tastecocktails.com/the-mojitos-kit-august-2015/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chowhound.com/food-news/201976/history-of-the-mojito/|title=The (Hotly Debated) History Behind the Mojito|last=Chowhound|website=Chowhound|language=en|access-date=2020-01-08|archive-date=22 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201222085902/https://www.chowhound.com/food-news/201976/history-of-the-mojito/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.diffordsguide.com/encyclopedia/429/cocktails/mojito-cocktail|title=Mojito Cocktail|website=diffordsguide.com|language=en|access-date=2020-01-08|archive-date=28 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928090535/https://www.diffordsguide.com/encyclopedia/429/cocktails/mojito-cocktail|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{cite web |title=Tres Famosos Cocteles Celebran Su Día |url=http://www.havana-club.cu/blog/196/ron-para-cocktail-mojito-cubano |publisher=Havana Club |access-date=11 July 2020 |archive-date=11 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200711193324/http://www.havana-club.cu/blog/196/ron-para-cocktail-mojito-cubano |url-status=dead }}</ref> although its exact origin is a subject of debate. It was known that the native people had remedies for various tropical illnesses, so a small boarding party went ashore on Cuba and came back with ingredients for an effective medicine. The ingredients were ''[[aguardiente]] de caña'' (translated as "burning water", a crude form of [[rum]] made from sugar cane) mixed with local tropical ingredients: lime, sugarcane juice, and mint.<ref>{{cite book |last=Burkhart |first=Jeff |year=2012 |title=Twenty Years Behind Bars: the spirited adventures of a real bartender |edition=1st |publisher=PhotoCine Media |isbn=9780985500115}}</ref> Lime juice on its own would have significantly prevented scurvy and dysentery,<ref>{{cite web|last=Maratos|first=David|title=How The El Draque Cocktail May Have Helped Britannia Rule The Waves|date=7 July 2010|url=http://goarticles.com/article/How-The-El-Draque-Cocktail-May-Have-Helped-Britannia-Rule-The-Waves/3077001/|work=GoArticles|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304050107/http://goarticles.com/article/How-The-El-Draque-Cocktail-May-Have-Helped-Britannia-Rule-The-Waves/3077001/|archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Maratos|first=David|url=http://articleworld.drupalgardens.com/content/1st-cocktail-invented-1586-was-medicinal-crude-rum-mix-article-34|title=The 1st Cocktail, Invented 1586 Was A Medicinal Crude Rum Mix (Article 34)|date=16 June 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120928055922/http://articleworld.drupalgardens.com/content/1st-cocktail-invented-1586-was-medicinal-crude-rum-mix-article-34|archive-date=28 September 2012|access-date=27 April 2013}}</ref><ref name="auto"/> and [[tafia]]/rum was soon added as it became widely available to the British (ca. 1650). Mint, lime and sugar were also helpful in hiding the harsh taste of this spirit. Another theory is that it was invented by [[Sir Francis Drake]].  The "El Draque" cocktail was prepared with brandy.<ref name="auto"/> While this drink was not called a Mojito at this time, it was the original combination of these ingredients.<ref name="latimes" />

There are several theories behind the origin of the name ''Mojito'': one such theory holds that name relates to [[mojo (sauce)|mojo]], a Cuban seasoning made from lime and used to flavor dishes.<ref name=latimes /><ref>''Mojito'' is derived from the Spanish ''mojo sauce'', which often contains lime juice (see [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/mojito "mojito" at Dictionary.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071022084108/http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/mojito |date=22 October 2007 }}, citing the ''American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language'', Fourth Edition, 2006, Houghton Mifflin), while ''mojo'' is derived from the Spanish verb ''mojar'', meaning "to make wet" (see [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/mojo definition 3 of "mojo" at Dictionary.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071023074612/http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/mojo |date=23 October 2007 }}, citing Webster's New Millennium Dictionary of English, Preview Edition (v 0.9.7), 2003–2007, Lexico Publishing Group, LLC)</ref> Another theory is that the name Mojito is simply a derivative of ''mojadito'' (Spanish for "lightly wet"), the diminutive of ''mojado'' ("wet").<ref name="bevvy">{{cite web |last=Shenton |first=Will |url=https://bevvy.co/articles/the-history-of-the-mojito/938 |title=The History of the Mojito |publisher=Bevvy.co |date=11 July 2016 |access-date=2016-09-27 |archive-date=16 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200616192205/https://bevvy.co/articles/the-history-of-the-mojito/938 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The mojito has routinely been presented as a favorite drink of author [[Ernest Hemingway]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6624971|title=Great American Writers and Their Cocktails|date=15 December 2006|work=NPR.org|access-date=2009-06-05|archive-date=9 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120909225646/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6624971|url-status=live}}</ref> It has also often been said that Hemingway made the bar called [[Bodeguita del Medio|La Bodeguita del Medio]] famous when he became one of its regulars and wrote "My Mojito in La Bodeguita, My [[Daiquiri]] in [[El Floridita]]" on a wall of the bar. This epigraph, handwritten and signed in his name,<ref>{{cite web |author=W. Stock on 8 August 2010 |url=http://stockpress.de/2010/08/08/die-ewige-bodeguita/ |title=Die ewige Bodeguita |publisher=Stockpress.de |date=19 February 2011 |access-date=2011-09-01 |archive-date=4 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604163225/https://stockpress.de/2010/08/08/die-ewige-bodeguita/ |url-status=live }}</ref> persists despite doubts expressed by Hemingway biographers about such patronage and the author's taste for mojitos.<ref>{{cite book |last=Greene |first=Philip |date=2012 |title=To Have and Have Another: A Hemingway Cocktail Companion |publisher=Perigee Trade |page=168 |isbn=978-0399537646 }}</ref> La Bodeguita del Medio is better known for its food than its drink.<ref>[https://digital.wolfsonian.org/WOLF039575/00001/thumbs Menu]{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, La Bodeguita del Medio, Habana, Cuba in 1959</ref><ref>All around the world cookbook – Page 282 by Sheila Lukins in 1994</ref>

A survey by an international market research company found that in 2016 the mojito was the most popular cocktail in Britain and France.<ref>{{cite web|title=Global cocktail consumption highlights opportunity for British bars and suppliers|url=http://www.cgapeach.co.uk/peach-report/2016/7/13/global-cocktail-consumption-highlights-opportunity-for-british-bars-and-suppliers|work=International Cocktail Report|publisher=CGA Strategy|date=13 July 2016|access-date=16 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170629000315/http://www.cgapeach.co.uk/peach-report/2016/7/13/global-cocktail-consumption-highlights-opportunity-for-british-bars-and-suppliers|archive-date=29 June 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>