Cut a lime in half. Cut that half lime in quarters. Drop the four lime pieces into the bottom of a tumbler or a Collins glass like the one in the picture.Add 2 and a half or 3 teaspoons of superfine sugar -- depending on the sweetness of your sweet tooth.
Add the leaves from two sprigs of fresh mint
Use a muddler, or the blunt handle end of a wooden spoon or something to mash that stuff up into a good pulpy mess.
Add 2 to 2 and a half ounces of rum -- I like Appleton, which is not too expensive. As long as you steer clear of anything in a plastic bottle, anything flavored or spiced, or that clear aquanet hell they call Bacardi, you should be fine.
Fill the glass to the top with ice.
Add a splash -- not too much! -- of club soda or seltzer.
Stir gently, serve with a straw, rinse, repeat, rinse, repeat. You can garnish with more mint if you want to, but really, that's excessive.
Happy revolution!
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