This refreshing gin and mint cocktail with cucumber slices is a delicious twist on a classic mojito, perfect for warm spring and summer evenings.
This simple and tasty gin and mint cocktail is perfect for summer evenings. And if you are into gin, why not try the Elderflower Gin Cocktail or the Rhubarb and Ginger Gin this spring?
A classic Cuban mojito is made with white rum, mint, limes, club soda, sugar, and ice. A gin mojito, also known as a London mojito, is made with gin instead of rum. I added the cucumbers because I absolutely love them in gin.
Ingredients
Gin: Use a quality gin - Beefeater or Bombay Sapphire work well. Try the Gooseberry Gin in summer.
Fresh mint: Muddle most in the glass, reserve a few leaves for garnish. Check out more mint recipes: Basil Mint Pesto, Mint Chimichurri, or Mint Yogurt Sauce.
Limes: Always use freshly squeezed juice - bottled juice isnโt a good substitute.
Sparkling water/Club soda: Both work; I usually use sparkling water as club soda isnโt readily available. Seltzer is fine, too.
Cucumber slices (optional): I always include them for extra freshness.
Fine cane sugar: About 2 teaspoon per glass, or to taste. Other sweeteners are also fine.
Crushed ice
See the recipe card for full information on ingredients and quantities.
How to make a gin cocktail with mint?
Step #1: Place half of the washed and sliced limes in a glass. Add sugar and mint. Muddle to release some of the lime juice and mint flavors.
Step #2: Add gin, ice, cucumber slices, soda, or sparkling water. Adjust the taste with more sugar, lime juice, or alcohol.
Tips: If you have a professional muddler or a shaker, use that. I donโt have any of them, so I use a small wooden rolling pin. It works very well. Donโt crush the mint too much; just bruise it to help it release its oils.
Make the cocktail in a pitcher
Scale the gin and mint cocktail recipe as required. Make sure you can estimate how many servings will fit inside. My pitcher holds about eight servings.
Use a larger rolling pin to muddle the lime leaves and lime slices, and use a long wooden spoon to stir the ingredients.
Adjust the amount of ice to ensure that everything else fits in the pitcher.
You can use slightly fewer cucumber slices for such a large quantity. Again, adjust depending on the size of the pitcher.
Only add ice and decorate with mint leaves before serving.
How to serve?
Serve the gin mint cocktails immediately before the ice melts too much.
You can make the mixture in advance, but only add the ice and the decoration mint at the last moment.
Gin and Mint Cocktail
Ingredients
For 1 glass:
- 1 lime Note
- 2 teaspoons fine white sugar more to taste
- 8-10 mint leaves depending on size + more for decoration
- ยผ cup gin
- 3-4 thin cucumber slices
- crushed ice
- club soda or sparkling water
For 1 pitcher - 8 servings:
- 8 limes
- โ cup fine white sugar
- 80 leaves mint + more for decoration
- 1ยพ cup gin
- 24-32 thin cucumber slices
- crushed ice
- club soda or sparkling water
Instructions
- Prepare: Wash, dry, halve the lime and slice the halves. Place half of them in a glass or pitcher, depending on what you make.1 lime
- Add sugar and mint leaves.2 teaspoons fine white sugar + 8-10 mint leaves
- Muddle to release some of the lime juice and the mint flavors. Use a professional muddle or shaker if you have one. Otherwise, a small wooden rolling pin will do. Donโt crush the mint too much, just bruise it to help it release its oils.
- Additions: Add gin and stir to dissolve the sugar. Add ice. Add thinly sliced cucumber. Add the remaining lime slices.ยผ cup gin + crushed ice + 3-4 thin cucumber slices
- Fill with club soda or sparkling water.
- Adjust the taste. You can add more sugar, lime juice, or alcohol. Decorate with more mint.
Make a pitcher:
- The pitcher: Make sure that the pitcher is large enough to hold all the servings you are planning to make. Use a larger rolling pin to muddle the lime leaves and lime slices. Use a long wooden spoon to stir the ingredients.
- Scale the recipe as required.
- Muddle: Place half of the sliced limes, sugar, and mint in the pitcher. Muddle them.8 limes + โ cup fine white sugar + 80 leaves mint + more for decoration
- Additions: Add gin and stir to dissolve. Add ice, cucumber slices, and the remaining limes. 1ยพ cup gin + 24-32 thin cucumber slices + crushed ice
- Fill with club soda or sparkling water.
Notes
- Limes: Use unwaxed and preferably organic limes; you will muddle them in the glass, and you donโt want the wax and other weird stuff in your drink. There will usually be a note on the bag of limes where you can read if the peel is suitable for consumption or not.
Sharon says
8oz of gin for one serving? ๐ฌ
Adina says
Oh, the conversion is wrong. 50 ml are 1.7 fl.oz! Thank you for noticing.