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Gin Cup


How To Make Gin Cup


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If you're looking for the best Gin Cup recipe, you can find it right here along with just about any other Mixed Drink Recipe from Crystal Mixer.From what's in a Gin Cup to its recommended drinkware, and exactly how to mix & how to make the Gin Cup drink, whether you're a bartender, mixologist, or just having DIY fun at your home, CrystalMixer has just about every drink and variation you need. This recipe version is made with these ingredients: gin, sugar syrup, lemon juice, mint, ice. Some of the best well-known cocktails from the classics to the latest to not miss are the Cosmopolitan Cocktail, Daiquiri Cocktail, Espresso Martini, Gimlet, Manhattan Cocktail, Mojito, Moscow Mule, Negroni Cocktail, Old Fashioned, Whiskey Sour, and the Aperol Spritz.

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Gin Cup Recipe

Gin Cup Ingredients


3 oz gin
1 tsp sugar syrup
3/4 - 1 oz lemon juice
3 mint
ice
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Serves / Yield: 1 serving
Ready in: 4 min
Nutrition: approximately 243 Calories
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Glass to use for the Gin Cup Recipe


It's recommended drinkware to use is the Old Fashioned Glass for the Gin Cup Recipe for best presentation.

Old Fashioned Glass
Old Fashioned Glass

Gin Cup Drink Recipe Instructions


Gin Cup Recipe Preparation & Instructions:

Place the mint sprigs and sugar syrup in the bottom of an old-fashioned glass. Stir about to bruise the mint slightly. Fill the glass with chopped / shaved ice. Add the lemon juice and gin and stir until a frost begins to form. Decorate with extra mint sprigs, and serve.

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Gin Cup Recipe Variations


Please note that there are many ways and variations to make Gin Cup. The Gin Cup recipe above is the most common way to make this drink, you can always improvise with your own twist and enjoy. Great substitute brands for Gin you cant go wrong with are Hendrick's, Tanqueray, Bombay Sapphire, Plymouth Gin, Gordon’s, Gilbey’s, Seagram’s, Beefeater, Nolet's Ginm, Roku Japanese Gin, The Botanist, and Sipsmith Gin. You can also find many other variations of this drink on our website, just use our search to see more.

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