Cordial based cocktail experiments

The guys at Elderbrook were doing a little giveaway whereby if you sent them a picture of mint growing - which I happen to have on my balcony - they send you a free mojito kit. Seemed like a good idea so I sent them along my picture below and received back a nice little collection of goodies! I'm not sure if they are still doing the offer but if you send them a nice tweet you might get lucky.

The cordial itself is perfect for a mojito - much better than any mix I've tried before. It also works well as it was originally intended as a standard cordial to be mixed with sparkling water. My only criticism is the tiny bottle, I tend to add more than suggested when using cordial so was only able to get 5 servings out of my 10 serving bottle. This could be because like most cordials they underestimate a little or could be because I have massive glasses - either way I'd like them to start doing large bottles!

To make my mojito below I used:

100ml of Bacardi rum (I told you the glasses are big!)

Juice of half a lime

Glug (approx 10ml) of Elderbrook lime, mint & baobab cordial

Sprig of mint (smack this between your palms to release the smell)

Sparkling water

Fill your glass with ice, add your rum, lime and cordial then top up with sparkling water and garnish with mint - super easy and very tasty!!