"Paul M. Cook" > wrote in
:

> Ingredients:
>
> White Rum
> Club Soda
> Simple Syrup (2 cups sugar, one cup water, bring to boil, take off
> heat and cool)
> Fresh mint
> Lemons and Limes.
> Tall glass - at least 12 ounces
>
> For one tall glass: Add two ounces of rum. (This is a cocktail not a
> soft drink) Add half a shot of simple syrup. Squeeze juice from 1/2
> a lemon and 1/2 a lime. Add a slice or two of lemon and lime and
> several broken mint leaves. Muddle the mint leaves in the bottom of
> your glass with a spoon. Add ice and top off with club soda. Garnish
> with a few extra mint leaves. Stir do not shake.
>
> Repeat as necesary.
>
>
>

If you use the juice of 1/2 a lemon and 1/2 a lime, then you _have_ to have
a second one. Anything else would be just wasteful!