Name: Fresh Cocktail
Prep time: 4 min
Total time: 4 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 2 Cucumber (fresh) (cored, skinned and chopped); 20 ml Gin; 40 ml Mastiha liqueur; 10 ml Lemon juice (freshly squeezed); 7.5 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix); 1 Angostura or other aromatic bitters (optional)

Serve in a

Coupe glass

Photographed in a

Retro Coupe Engraved 7.75oz

Garnish:

Float thin cucumber slice

How to make:

MUDDLE cucumber in base of shaker. Add other ingredients, SHAKE with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.

2 inch	Cucumber (fresh) (cored, skinned and chopped)
2/3 fl oz	Gin
1 1/3 fl oz	Kleos Mastiha liqueur
1/3 fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1/4 fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix)
1 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters (optional)
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Review:

The distinctive fresh flavour of mastiha paired with cucumber, gin and lemon juice.

Alcohol content:

1.1 standard drinks
19.6% alc./vol. (39.2° proof)
15.2 grams of pure alcohol

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