Easy Mojitos - cooking recipe

Ingredients

12 leaves mint
2 lime slices
1 teaspoon white sugar, or more to taste
1/4 cup ice cubes, or as needed
1 (1.5 fluid ounce) jigger rum (such as Bacardi(R))
4 1/2 ounces diet lemon-lime soda (such as Diet Sprite(R))

Preparation

Place mint leaves, lime slice, and sugar in bottom of a glass and muddle with a spoon until mint is crushed. Fill glass with ice cubes. Pour rum and soda over the ice; stir.