Kiwito: A Kiwi Mojito

RECIPE: Reprinted with permission from Three Cheers, Cocktails Three Ways: Classics, Riffs, and Zero-Proof Sips by Kaitlyn Stewart. Copyright © 2025 by Kaitlyn Stewart. Photographs copyright © 2025 by Jayme Lang. Published by Ten Speed Press, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York.

Photo: Jayme Lang

January 02, 2026

Kaitlyn Stewart’s take on a rum classic.

This extra-fruity riff on the classic Mojito recipe swaps out the traditional white rum for a split base of Brazilian cachaça and rhum agricole.

Ingredients

1 oz. cachaça
1 oz. rhum agricole
1/2 fresh kiwi
1/2 oz. fresh lime juice
3 fresh mint leaves
2 tsp. raw sugar

Tools:shaker, strainer, fine strainer
Glass:rocks or Collins
Garnish:fresh kiwi, mint leaves

Preparation

Add all of the ingredients to a shaker and gently muddle the kiwi. Add ice and shake vigorously for 10 seconds. Fine strain into a glass filled with fresh ice. Garnish.