Paradise Found: A Refreshing Grapefruit Cucumber Gin Cooler that Tastes Like Vacation

Summer cocktails! Here'southward a drink that will make yous feel like you're on holiday without the hit to your wallet.

The tart grapefruit paired with chilling cucumber should probably come up with a pair of sunglasses, just for now I'll just take a few grapefruit slices and a cucumber ribbon.

This drink is perfect for brunches spent out on the porch or patio. Then grab a highball glass and some fresh ingredients, hither's how to make your own grapefruit cucumber gin libation…

Ingredients

2 ounces cucumber-infused gin (for mocktails try subbing for cucumber sparkling water like Spindrift Cucumber)
ii ounces fresh grapefruit juice
two ounces grapefruit sparkling water
1/ii tsp honey (sub i/ii tsp grenadine if you want an ombre upshot)
1 cucumber "twist"
i small grapefruit wedge for garnish
cubed ice

How to Make Grapefruit Cucumber Gin Cooler

Mix fresh grapefruit juice, honey (if using grenadine, hold until later), and cucumber gin in a tumbler. If yous plan to add cucumber sparkling water, don't mix in tumbler to prevent leakage – y'all tin add together it later on you've poured.

Before you pour, wet the inside of your glass. Wrap one ribbon of cucumber peel (the cucumber "twist") using fingers or the back of a spoon until it is stuck to the within of the glass. Carefully pour grapefruit and gin mixture into the drinking glass, being conscientious non to disturb the cucumber skin.

If you are subbing the dear for grenadine, slowly add in the syrup so that is settles towards the bottom of the glass. Add 3-4 ice cubes. Top off with grapefruit soda. This is too the fourth dimension to add the cucumber sparkling water if you lot're making a mocktail. Give it a soft stir if you lot want, and garnish with grapefruit wedge.

Drink up and get into vacation mode!

Photography Amelia Lawrence

Who'southward ready for vacation after this cocktail? I ask with my hand Mode up in the air.

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