Cucumber Rum Collins
Ingredients
- 1 inch Cucumber
- 2 oz Bacardi Carta Blanca Superior White Rum
- 3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
- 1⁄2 oz Sugar syrup 'rich'
- 3 drop Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s
- 2 oz Thomas Henry Soda Water
Method
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.
Review:
Fresh, bright cucumber and citrus laced with rum and charged with a splash of soda.
