Name: Pimm's Cup (or Classic Pimm's)
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Fruit cup liqueur; 1 slice Orange (fresh); 1 slice Lemon (fresh); 1 slice Cucumber (fresh); 2 slice Strawberries (fresh); 60 ml Lemonade; 75 ml Ginger ale

Pimm's Cup (or Classic Pimm's)
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Serve in a Collins glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Fruit cup liqueur
1 slice	Orange (fresh)
1 slice	Lemon (fresh)
1 slice	Cucumber (fresh)
2 slice	Strawberries (hulled, small & ripe)
2 oz	Lemonade
2 ¹⁄₂ oz	Thomas Henry Ginger Ale

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Prepare:

Select and pre-chill a COLLINS GLASS.
Prepare garnish of mint sprig

How to make:

POUR Pimm's into glass half filled with ice.
ADD fruit and fill glass with more ice.
TOP with equal parts lemonade and ginger ale (or just use lemonade, or ginger ale).
Briefly STIR.

Garnish:

Garnish with mint sprigs bouquet.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

You've not properly experienced an English summer until you've drunk one of these whilst sheltering from the rain.

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History:

See our Fruit Cups and Pimm's page for more information.

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Michael Zuercher

28th August at 00:37

Classic cocktail.
But Simon‘s review is priceless!

Alexander Timofeyev

11th May 2021 at 16:47

I like to increase the Pimm's to a 1:2 ratio of Pimm's to mixers, and to make it simpler I often sub in a lemon-lime soda like Sprite for the mix of ginger ale and lemonade.

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