Crisp, refreshing, and brightly vegetal, cucumbers are a welcome addition to a variety of cocktails. These slightly bitter, botanical characteristics work especially well to balance acidic citrus, savory spices, and sweetness in drinks.
Prairie Rose is Food & Wine's senior drinks editor. A trained sommelier, cocktail book author, and wine and spirits educator, in addition to Food & Wine she is also the senior editor of Liquor.com.
These slightly bitter, botanical characteristics work especially well to balance acidic citrus, savory spices, and the sweetness in a cocktail.Fresh cucumber easily partners with various spirits and liqueurs, but most notably complements the herbaceous aromatics in a gin and the earthy qualities of agave spirits like tequila or mezcal.into a cocktail shaker, incorporating cucumber into a tasty beverage is an easy and refreshing upgrade to your spring and summer cocktails.
Tequila, cucumber, coconut water, cilantro, and lime are blended over ice until it is a slushy consistency and the glass is rimmed with chili powder, sumac, and salt for an extra savory kick.This fizzy Tom Collins-style cocktail is an English garden in a glass. Gin, freshly squeezed lemon juice, and club soda get a smoky and herbaceous upgrade with a. The make-ahead syrup can be used to batch a large garden-party-sized punch or used to sweeten up non-alcoholic drinks and desserts.
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