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Cucumber Mint Cooler

Clean, cold and barely sweet — the drink to make when everything else on offer is sugary.

Prep
5 min
Serves
1
Glass
Highball
Difficulty
Easy

Ingredients

  • 4 slices cucumber, plus a ribbon to garnish
  • 6 mint leaves
  • 0.75 oz fresh lime juice
  • 0.5 oz simple syrup
  • 3 oz soda water
  • Pinch of salt

Method

  1. 1Muddle the cucumber slices gently in a shaker — press, don't pulverise.
  2. 2Add the mint, lime juice, simple syrup, salt and ice, then shake for 10 seconds.
  3. 3Double-strain into an ice-filled highball glass. The fine strain matters here; cucumber pulp ruins the texture.
  4. 4Top with soda water and garnish with a cucumber ribbon.

Notes

  • Double-straining is what separates this from a vegetal mess. Use a fine mesh strainer.
  • The pinch of salt makes the cucumber taste more like itself — leave it out and the drink is flat.
  • Swap the syrup for elderflower cordial for a floral version.

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