{"id":6375,"date":"2022-09-07T16:23:03","date_gmt":"2022-09-07T16:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/?p=6375"},"modified":"2022-09-07T16:41:59","modified_gmt":"2022-09-07T16:41:59","slug":"blackberry-cucumber-cocktail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/everything-else\/blackberry-cucumber-cocktail\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackberry Cucumber Cocktail"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sharing a recipe for a delicious and refreshing blackberry cucumber cocktail!<\/em><\/p>\n

Hi hi! How\u2019s the day going so far? I hope you\u2019re having a great morning. I\u2019m catching a yoga class and spending the rest of the day working on some stuff for Fit Team and the podcast.<\/p>\n

For today\u2019s post, I wanted to share a super delicious and EASY cocktail recipe. This one is courtesy of my brother Kyle, and we learned how to make this while we did his Cocktails in the Kitchen class at Miraval.<\/p>\n

TBH, I haven\u2019t experimented with cocktails too much. I feel like they can be intimidating, and while I can follow a recipe, I don\u2019t tend to be very creative with cocktails. (Worth mentioning here that I do make a very lovely margarita, but that\u2019s about where it ends.) He had our stations set up with fresh herbs, berries, tools, and gin, and before we knew it, we were cheers-ing each other with the freshest libation I\u2019d had in a long time. I\u2019m so pumped to share the recipe with you!<\/p>\n

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Blackberry Cucumber Cocktail<\/h2>\n

Ingredients<\/h3>\n

Cucumber<\/p>\n

Mint<\/p>\n

Basil<\/p>\n

Blackberries<\/p>\n

Simple syrup (equal parts honey and water)<\/p>\n

Lemon<\/p>\n

Lime<\/p>\n

Gin<\/p>\n

Ice
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Instructions<\/h3>\n

Muddle all of the ingredients (minus the gin).<\/p>\n

Next, add in the gin. Shake, strain, and garnish!<\/p>\n

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Kyle gave us an awesome tip for serving cocktails like this at parties:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Make a large batch of these and store in the fridge in a pitcher. Make one serving of these for guests while they\u2019re over (so they can see the \u201cwow\u201d factor of it being prepared), but then serve the rest out of the pitcher that\u2019s already ready to go and garnish.<\/p>\n

I love this tip because making single cocktails has always been intimidating to me – I just don\u2019t want people waiting around for their drinks while I prepare each one – so it\u2019s a great idea to have a bunch ready to go and chilling in the fridge.<\/p>\n

Another lesson I learned: I\u2019m really into gin lately. I\u2019m a wine or tequila girl, but I love the smoothness of gin and that it\u2019s so neutral.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the full recipe if you want to give this one a try!!<\/p>\n

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