• 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. Don’t 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.

  ¼ 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 + ⅓ 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.

  1¾ cup gin + 24-32 thin cucumber slices + crushed ice
• Fill with club soda or sparkling water.