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.

Drinks

Garden Kitchen Sink Gimlet

Serves
makes 4 cocktails
Time
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.