The Best Sweet Tea Mojito

The cool and crisp refreshment of a classic mojito is made distinctively more southern in my sweet tea mojito! Learn how to make this easy rum drink in just five minutes with simple ingredients. You'll want to mix this one over and over!

And if you enjoy this recipe, you'll love my hibiscus mojito and ginger pineapple mojito, too!

Quick and Easy - If you have five minutes, you can make this beginner friendly concoction. No special technique needed but you will need a couple of bar tools and I even have suggestions for common kitchen tools you can use instead, if you need--just below.

Sweet Tea Flavor - The taste of properly made American southern sweet tea is unmistakeable and it echos throughout this drink without being overpowering. It's the perfect complement to the fresh citrus and mint in an old fashioned mojito, which are common iced tea additions anyway!

The sweet tea libations don't stop here. See my sweet tea martini, sweet tea margarita, and sweet tea old fashioned or sweet tea mint julep for more goodness.

White Rum is the traditional spirit from the original mojito recipe and is also called light rum or silver rum. I personally prefer dark rum and have made this recipe successfully with either option but I don't recommend using spiced rum.

Sweet Tea Simple Syrup takes the place of cane sugar or sugar syrup typically used in a mojito cocktail. I humbly recommend using my DIY sweet tea syrup for the best results!

Mint is crushed in the drink and can be added as a garnish. Use fresh mint as dried won't work here.

Lime juice balances out the sweet and herbal flavor notes perfectly. Juice squeezed from fresh limes in best but concentrated juice from a bottle can also work.

How to Make a Texas Sweet Tea Mojito

Step One: Muddle together the sweet tea syrup and mint.

Step Two: Add in ice, rum, lime juice, and club soda then stir gently.

Pro Tip: If you don't have cocktail tools on hand, you can replace the muddler with the end of a kitchen spoon and the jigger with a standard shot glass. And use a teaspoon or butter knife instead of the bar spoon!