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Cucumber Rum Collins

Name: Cucumber Rum Collins
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 1 inch Cucumber (fresh); 60 ml Light white rum; 22.5 ml Lemon juice; 15 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 3 drop Saline solution 4:1; 60 ml Soda water

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Ingredients
1 inch	Cucumber (fresh)
2 fl oz	Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old)
³⁄₄ fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix
3 drop	Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s
2 fl oz	Thomas Henry Soda Water

How to make

Glass

Photographed in an UB Koto Collins 35cl

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COLLINS GLASS.
Prepare garnish of cucumber ribbon.

Method

MUDDLE cucumber in base of shaker. (Ideally, cut skin from the cucumber log before chopping).
Add next 4 ingredients and SHAKE with ice.
FINE STRAIN into ice-filled glass.
TOP with soda and briefly stir.

Garnish

Garnish with cucumber ribbon around inside of glass.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Alcohol content:

We don't have enough information to calculate the alc./vol., but based on known ingredients, this recipe contains at least:

18.9 grams of pure alcohol

Review

Fresh, bright cucumber and citrus laced with rum and charged with a splash of soda.

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Comments & Discussion

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Avery Garnett 1y

I would be very surprised to hear this is laced with gin when there's no gin in the recipe :)

Paloma Difford Verified User Premium Member 1y

Oopsy. thanks for spotting this Avery...rum it is, now fixed :)

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