Name: Eastern Standard (Soho House Tonic)
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 3 slice Cucumber (fresh); 3 fresh Mint leaves; 50 ml Gin; 12.5 ml Lime juice; 10 ml Sugar syrup (2:1)

Eastern Standard (Soho House Tonic)
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
3 slice	Cucumber (fresh)
3 fresh	Mint leaves
1 ²⁄₃ oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
0.42 oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₃ oz	Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare thin cucumber slice for garnish.
MUDDLE cucumber in base of shaker.
Add other ingredients.
SHAKE with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Float cucumber slice.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Fresh and refreshing with gin-laced mint, cucumber and lime.

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Variant:

With vodka in place of gin.

History:

One of the Soho House groups' House Tonic cocktails, the Eastern Standard is based on the Eastside, a drink which in turn was inspired by the Southside.

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Avery Garnett

31st March 2024 at 18:47

It's very dry and very fresh and it's good but I find it uncanny. It's not quite a sour and definitely not a martini. I remade it at sour proportions (an extra mint leaf, and 2/0.75/0.5 gin/lime/simple) and I much prefer that, but that could be my tastes.

Adam G. Manning

26th September 2024 at 19:47

I was working for the company when these drinks (The House Tonics) launched.

It was definitely 25ml of lime and enough sugar to balance.
Oh, and of course we used Bombay Sapphire.

I think it needs to be something between the two, like yours.

Myxo Gastrid

20th July 2023 at 00:29

Good cocktail but needs a little practice to nail the precise ratio of muddled cucumber and mint. Probably better with a less juniper-forward gin, something with cucumber, floral, or citrus notes.

Kieran McCormack

19th August 2023 at 04:38

100%, Beefeater works best in this cocktail if you enjoy a citrus note; and Plymouth for a more earthy tone.

Ian T

9th June 2023 at 18:25

I used Cotswold Gin. There an initial mint and cucumber savouriness but this was later overpowered by the dryness of the gin. In the end I added 20ml of apple juice which partially improved matters. Interesting enough to try again with a more floral or citrusy gin.

Florian Ruf

17th March 2023 at 13:32

Good cocktail, very refreshing. It has something of a Dirty Martini crossed with a Daiquiri. I used really thin cucumber slices which was enough. For a coupe glass it is not enough fluid, for a Nick & Nora it would be close or you have to lift the amounts.

Oleksandr R

29th October 2022 at 21:29

I really feel that this cocktail is great, but something is wrong with cucumber in my case. Either i shouldn't use cucumber in late October, or i add it to much. But flavour was like i accidentally drop pickle in a good cocktail.
But definitely i'll try to play with proportions in the future

Shona J

23rd April 2021 at 08:23

This is a really refreshing cocktail, the cucumber comes through really well. I added a sugar rim to mine because I fancied it a little sweeter but I think it would be well balanced without it too.