Cucumber Mint Gin and Tonic
on Aug 25, 2016, Updated Jun 27, 2025
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This Cucumber Gin and Tonic was made for those hot summer nights (tell me more, tell me more....). And no muddler, no problem โ check out the little cocktail hack in this recipe!
This simple warm-weather drink that sounds sophisticated, looks sophisticated, and makes you feel sophisticated. It seems like a drink that Diane Keaton might be drinking in a Nancy Meyers movie. But it’s hardly a mixology challenge; it includes 5 ingredients (4 of which are listed in the title), plus ice.
When I was a kid, I knew it was officially spring when my dad made his first gin and tonic of the season. I know there are many people who consider gin and tonic to be the quintessential summer drink, and only drink them when the weather gets warm. I also want to clarify that not everyone greets a new season with a specific cocktail. And I also want to state that it wasn’t like he had a specific cocktail for every season. Just spring.
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Adding cucumber to a gin and tonic adds floral and fresh notes, and the mint is of course bracing and herbaceous. Can you think of anything more refreshing on a hot summer evening? Also try a Basil Ginger Lemon Saketini.
My Dad’s Method for Making the Perfect Gin & Tonic
To make a gin and tonic without having to stir it and still have everything nicely blended, put the ice cubes in a glass, squeeze the lime wedge over the ice, pour in the gin, then add the tonic, and the bubbles will blend everything together in the glass. Drink.
Muddled Cucumber Gin & Tonic Tips
- A muddler is a bartender’s pestle, and you use it to crush up various ingredients so that they flavor the drink more completely, release juices and oils, and the like. Youy can improvise with other kitchen tools. I’ve used a handheld citrus juicer to gently press the cucumbers. Works like a charm.
- Dont overmuddle the cucumbers – this can release bitter flavors, and diminish the fresh flavor of the cucs.
- Hendrik’s has notes of cucumber, so many feel like it’s the perfect gin to use in this cucumber G&T.
Cucumber Mint Gin and Tonic
Ingredients
- 6 thin slices cucumber
- 6 fresh mint leaves
- ¼ lime
- 1 ½ ounces gin
- 4 ounces tonic water
Instructions
- Fill a glass 1/2 full with ice. Squeeze the cucumber and mint leaves in a citrus press (one of my go-to kitchen tools) over the ice, then dump the squished cucumber and mint into the glass. Squeeze the lime over the glass and toss that in as well. Pour in the gin, then pour in the tonic and give a quick stir. Serve it up.
Delicious and refreshing! I had extra cucumbers that I didn’t want to go bad and this little recipe was perfect.