Gin and Tonic With Cucumbers and Lemongrass

Recipe courtesy Chuck Hughes

• Ready In: 10 mins
• Yields: 4 cocktails

Ingredients

• 4  fresh mint sprigs
• 2  limes, quartered
• 1  cucumber, cubed
•  ice
• 8  ounces  gin (1 cup)
• 20  ounces tonic water (2 1/2 cups)
• 2  stalks lemongrass, cut in half lengthwise

Directions

1. Put a mint sprig, 2 lime wedges and a few cucumber pieces in each of 4 glasses. Muddle slightly.
2. Fill the glasses with ice.
3. Add the gin, and top off with tonic water.
4. Garnish with a stick of lemongrass.