Eastside Ricky

collinsgin

Made for the kind of afternoon that's too hot to be outside and too early to be drinking anything serious. Press the cucumber and mint rather than grinding them — pulverized mint tastes like a freshly mowed lawn. The soda handles the pacing, which is more than I manage.

Ingredients

Where there's a range: the low end is lighter, the high end is fuller.

• 2 ozLondon dry gin — Beefeaters
• ¾ ozlime juice
• ¾ ozsimple syrup
• 3–4 ozsoda water
• 6–8mint leaves
• 2–3cucumber slices

Garnish

mint crown stuck through the middle of a cucumber coin

Method

Muddle cucumber and mint in the bottom of a shaker tin. Add liquid ingredients (with the exception of the soda water) and ice, seal and shake hard. Strain into a tall glass over fresh ice and top with 3-4oz soda water, and garnish with a mint crown stuck through the middle of a cucumber coin.

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