Garden Kitchen Sink Gimlet

Name: Garden Kitchen Sink Gimlet
Cook time: PT0D0H5M
Total time: PT0D0H5M
Yield: makes 4 cocktails
Ingredients: 2 cups mint leaves; 1 ⁄ 2 cup blackberries, plus more for garnish; 2 cucumbers, sliced into thin rounds; 8 oz. gin; 7 oz. fresh lime juice; 2 oz. creme de cassis

Serves
makes 4 cocktails
Cook
5 minutes

PHOTOGRAPHY BY MATT TAYLOR-GROSS

This boozy gin cocktail uses up an abundance of mint, cucumber, and blackberries—it's summer in a highball.

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Ingredients

2 cups mint leaves
¹⁄₂ cup blackberries, plus more for garnish
2 cucumbers, sliced into thin rounds
8 oz. gin
7 oz. fresh lime juice
2 oz. creme de cassis

Instructions

Step 1

Muddle mint, blackberries, and cucumbers in a cocktail shaker; add gin, lime juice, cassis, and ice and shake vigorously. Strain into a highball glass filled with ice and garnish with blackberries and mint.