Ingredients

2 oz

Pomp & Whimsy Gin Liqueur

0.75 oz

Fresh lemon juice

0.25 oz

Simple syrup

Top

Soda water

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Lemon wheel + cucumber slice

Build

1. 1Shake Pomp & Whimsy, lemon, and simple syrup with ice for 8 seconds.
2. 2Strain into a chilled collins glass over fresh ice.
3. 3Top with cold soda; stir once.
4. 4Slip in a lemon wheel and a cucumber slice.

Nicola Nice's Pomp & Whimsy is a gin liqueur built around tea, elderflower, and cucumber — it does a Collins beautifully because the lemon and the soda both flatter its botanicals instead of competing with them.