Choose four 150ml Fever-Tree Classic Mojito cans if you plan to make four rum-based mojitos: the listed recipe uses one can and 50ml rum per drink. For a buffet that also needs a ginger beer to serve on its own or mix with spirits, a four-pack of ginger beer offers a different route; choose tonic instead for guests who want gin, vodka or vermouth with tonic. Check the can size, ingredients and total sugars for the exact pack, as these mixers are not interchangeable.
Start with the drinks guests are likely to choose, then count the cans needed for each style.
Fever-Tree’s Classic Mojito recipe uses one 150ml mixer can and 50ml rum per drink, according to its recipe and Sainsbury’s product listing. A 4x150ml pack covers four such recipe servings; allow separately for the rum, ice and garnish.
A ginger beer that can be served chilled as a soft drink gives guests an option besides a spirit-based serve. Tesco describes its Fever-Tree 4x250ml ginger beer as suitable on its own or mixed with vodka, rum or bourbon.
Choose tonic for guests planning gin, vodka or vermouth with tonic, rather than buying a mojito base for those drinks. The Fever-Tree Indian Tonic Water 4x200ml listing identifies those spirit pairings; count how many guests might want tonic before settling on four cans.
Decide on the drink styles first, then compare pack quantities and labels for the serves you intend to make.
| Priority | What to check | Your needs |
|---|---|---|
| Drink style | Check whether the product is a flavoured cocktail base, ginger beer or tonic. Fever-Tree pairs its mojito mixer with rum; Tesco lists its ginger beer for drinking alone or mixing with vodka, rum or bourbon; Fever-Tree pairs its Indian tonic with gin, vodka or vermouth. | I want guests to have a mixer that suits the drinks I am actually serving, with another option for anyone who does not want tonic or a rum cocktail. |
| Servings and format | Check the number of units and the volume of each. Sainsbury’s lists Classic Mojito Mixer as 4x150ml and specifies one can per rum-based recipe serving; Tesco lists Fever-Tree Ginger Beer as 4x250ml. Confirm cans rather than bottles if that matters for the buffet. | For four planned mojitos, I can count one 150ml can per recipe serving. If several people want the same mixer, I may need more than four units. |
| Ingredients and sugars | Read the ingredients and compare total sugars per 100ml as well as the amount in the portion you will serve. Sainsbury’s lists 12.7g total sugars per 100ml for Classic Mojito Mixer; Tesco lists 4.4g per 100ml for Fever-Tree Ginger Beer. Their can sizes differ. | I want to compare the actual drinks and serving sizes, not assume that mixers with different flavours or can volumes have the same contents. |
| Ordering plan | Check the exact flavour, unit count and current product label when ordering. Recheck the listing close to Boxing Day if a particular pack is central to the drinks plan. | I need the right number of the right mixers when guests arrive, rather than a similarly named pack in a different size. |
A lime-and-mint mojito base intended for rum serves a different purpose from quinine-containing tonic paired with gin, vodka or vermouth. One style may leave guests without the drink they expected.
List the planned serves before buying: allocate mojito mixer to rum cocktails, tonic to tonic drinks and ginger beer to the guests who want that flavour or a soft drink.
The listed Classic Mojito recipe calls for 50ml rum in addition to each 150ml mixer can. Ginger beer can also be served without a spirit, so four cans do not necessarily mean four alcoholic drinks.
Count the mixer and any spirits separately, using the recipe for drinks you intend to prepare.
A four-pack of 150ml cans contains different portions from a four-pack of 250ml cans. Flavours and listed total sugars differ too, so pack count alone is a poor comparison.
Check the unit volume, flavour, ingredients and total sugars on the exact product before ordering, and confirm that its packaging suits the buffet.
These brands illustrate different mixer ranges and pack formats; a brand’s wider range does not mean every drink comes in four cans.
Its cited listings include Classic and Raspberry Mojito four-packs, a ginger beer four-pack and Indian Tonic Water 4x200ml.
The cited UK range includes tonic, slimline tonic, ginger ale and soda water; Sainsbury’s lists its Tonic Water in 12x150ml cans.
Fentimans lists Indian and flavoured tonic waters alongside ginger ale, soda water and ginger beer.
Britvic announced classic and zero-sugar Indian Tonic Water in 330ml cans in September 2023.
These options cover ginger beer four-packs and larger tonic packs for the buffet. Some ginger beer options are described as bottles rather than cans, and the tonic packs contain more than four units; choose by drink style and packaging as well as pack count.
No image availableA four-can ginger beer option for a buffet where guests may want ginger beer on its own or in a mixed drink. Check the label if ingredients or total sugars matter to your selection.
No image availableA four-pack for a ginger beer serve, with larger units than the 330ml options here. The listing describes bottles rather than cans; confirm that bottles suit your setup and follow the pack’s opening and storage instructions.
No image availableAnother four-pack for guests choosing ginger beer on its own or as a mixer. Its listing describes bottles, not cans; check the packaging and nutrition label against the other ginger beer options.
No image availableFor a buffet planning several tonic drinks rather than just four units. This pack contains eight 150ml portions; decide whether that quantity fits the guest count and offer another mixer if not everyone wants tonic.
No image availableA tonic option when the plan calls for substantially more than four 150ml units. Confirm the packaging before ordering if the buffet requires cans, and check that the larger quantity suits the number of tonic drinks planned.
It supplies mixer for four drinks made to the listed recipe: Sainsbury’s specifies one 150ml can with 50ml rum for each mojito. Provide the rum, ice and garnish separately.
Sainsbury’s describes the mixer itself as non-alcoholic. The listed cocktail recipe becomes an alcoholic drink when rum is added.
Choose a drink you can serve without adding a spirit. Tesco describes Fever-Tree Ginger Beer 4x250ml as suitable chilled on its own or mixed with vodka, rum or bourbon; the Classic Mojito Mixer is also non-alcoholic before rum is added, but its listed recipe is designed around that cocktail.
Use both figures: per 100ml helps compare labels, while the can size shows the portion being poured. Sainsbury’s lists 12.7g total sugars per 100ml for Classic Mojito Mixer and Tesco lists 4.4g per 100ml for Fever-Tree Ginger Beer; the cited cans hold 150ml and 250ml respectively, so the per-100ml figures are not the amounts in a whole can.