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Pimm’s Cup

Two glasses with Pimm's cup cocktails garnished with cucumber, orange, lemon, and mint.
Channel the warm weather with this bright, colorful gin-infused cocktail.
Sunset Magazine
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Servings: 8 drinks
Course: Drink
Cuisine: American
Prep Time 5 minutes
Total Time 5 minutes

Ingredients
  

  • 2 oranges cut into half-moons
  • 2 lemons cut into half-moons
  • 1 Persian cucumber or one 3-in.-long piece English cucumber, washed and sliced
  • 2 cups Pimm's No. 1
  • 4 cups Sprite or other lemon-lime soda
  • 6 to 8 large sprigs mint crushed gently, plus a few loose leaves

Method
 

  1. Fill 2 pitchers ¼ full with ice. To each, add a layer of orange slices, a few lemon slices, and a layer of cucumber slices. Repeat the layering.
  2. Pour in the Pimm's and Sprite, dividing between pitchers, and mix with a long-handled spoon. Poke mint sprigs and leaves down into drink. Divide drink among 8 tall glasses, with a few slices of fruit and cucumber in each glass, along with some mint leaves.

Notes

Recipe from Sunset August 2007

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