Known for its cooling properties, the cucumber is a star of the summer cocktail glass. Crisp and clean, it lends a freshness to myriad spirits, especially gin, tequila, and vodka. Throw a little lime, mint, or basil in the mix, and you’ve got a perfect recipe for summer refreshment. Here are some of our favorite cucumber cocktails.
An ultra-refreshing combo of cucumber, mint, lime and your choice of gin or vodka.
Hot peppers up the spice while cucumber cools things down in this summery Margarita.
What’s more refreshing on a summer day than a Gin & Tonic? A frozen Gin & Tonic, especially one made with cucumber.
At the Everleigh, classic cocktails like the refreshing and simple Gordon’s Cup take on endless variations.
The signature cocktail at the Paris mezcaleria matches cooling cucumber with spicy tequila.
Falernum serves as the base of this cocktail, rounded out with a bit of fresh cucumber, lime and honey.
An update of a summery classic.
At Limantour in Mexico City, the Michelada TJ was inspired by flavors of Tijuana, with fresh cucumber balancing the savory notes, and a hit of mezcal for boldness.
Tequila and coconut lead the flavor in this drink, but cucumber sneaks in to the mix as a secondary ingredient.
A refreshing cooler for warm weather.
Mezcal, tequila, lime, honey and ginger round out this fizzy refresher.
The Northside Collins matches gin and grapefruit liqueur with the cooling power of cucumber and mint.
Gin, juice and a squeeze of minty, cucumber freshness flavor this lowball.
Trevor Easter calls this drink a “total Mister Potato Head cocktail,” because the combination of sherry, orgeat, cucumber and absinthe works with almost any base spirit.
An extra-cooling and delicious spin on the classic Marg.
Inspired by the Gimlet, Thomas Waugh employs a cucumber-infused absinthe and swaps fresh lime in for Rose’s Lime for an extra cool zap of flavor.
Analogue’s take on the Southside cocktail brings cucumber and vodka to the requisite mix of mint, lemon and syrup.
