Gordon’s Cup Recipe

More Thoughts About the Gordon’s Cup

Although we’ve specified general London Dry Gin for this cocktail, or really any Gin if you’d like to experiment, we’re going to assume the name Gordon’s Cup refers to Gordon’s London Dry Gin, so if you want to make this cocktail “properly” you may want to pick up some Gordon’s. However, Gin goes so far beyond London Dry these days, we encourage you to play around with the styles you like to perfect this cocktail to your taste. Gin goes so far beyond the traditional style these days, but, in a lot of ways cocktail making hasn’t caught up. Most classic and older cocktail recipes go for the more traditional Gins, and, while there are plenty of newer cocktail recipes that will use other Gins, recipes still seem to prefer London Dry. Cocktail recipes haven’t quite caught up with the wonderful world of Gin yet!

How can I scale up the Gordon’s Cup Recipe?

This recipe is difficult to scale up beyond making two or three cocktails at once. Firstly, it’s a shaken cocktail, and you can only fit so much liquid in your cocktail shaker. Secondly, since you need to muddle the Cucumber and Lime wedges, it can become difficult to do so if you have to much in the shaker. Basically, you’ll end up with a better result if you take the care to make each Gordon’s Cup individually.

Can I prepare a Gordon’s Cup to serve later?

Unfortunately this is a cocktail you have to make on the spot. Since the muddling will draw out oils from the Lime (and probably a little bit from the Cucumber), letting this drink sit for too long may allow the oils to leave the solution. So make these cocktails to order.

What’s the best time for a Gordon’s Cup?

We’re feeling brunch or mid-afternoon cocktails here. This recipe may be a little too strong for a brunch cocktail, but if you’re feeling adventurous, this may be just the right cocktail for you! If you’re willing to wait a little bit, we always find cocktails with Cucumber (which is usually paired with Gin), we always think they’re good in early to mid afternoon. It’s a spring sunshine kind of drink, but if you wait until too late in the spring, the sun is already down! So start early with the Gordon’s Cup.

While it may be a bit detrimental to your Monday morning to have to many of these, afternoon cocktails are often a Sunday thing. A nice casual bar, perhaps with picnic tables outside; it’s a wonderful time to have a cocktail like this. If you’re not willing to risk your Monday morning, perhaps knock off early on a Friday to do the same. Then you can sleep in on Saturday!

How strong is the Gordon’s Cup?

We put this at average. If you look at something basic like a Gin and Tonic, it has a similar amount of Gin to it. Same with a Martini, Gimlet, or myriad of other Gin based cocktails. But, as with a lot of cocktails like this, while the Gin really does come forward in the flavour, a lot of it is disguised by the Lime and Simple Syrup. The Cucumber really softens things up as well, creating a seriously drinkable cocktail. It’s not designed to be gulped of course, but you may forget yourself with something this good!

And as mentioned, if you’re having a few of these on a Sunday afternoon, it may be easy to forgot yourself. This could create a very difficult Monday morning at the office.

What music goes well with a Gordon’s Cup?

We’re going to go out on a limb here and suggest enjoying one of these with some light Dance Music or some sort of ambient music. Staying with the Sunday afternoon vibe, or even the Sunday morning brunch vibe (for those who are keen!), we’re thinking about having one of these the day after being out and about on a Saturday night in noisy restaurants and bars. Lots has been going on and you don’t want a lot of noise anymore. Sure, some quiet acoustic music could work well, or some light Pop music as well, but that’s been done to death. We’re probably not calling it by its right name, as Dance Music implies something loud and driven, but something interesting and just in the background.

If that’s not your thing, pretty much anything instrumental would work. We’re not saying instrumental music should just sit in the background, but it’s unobtrusive. If you want to zone out, sip on your cocktail and really listen to the music, you’re welcome to. But if you’d prefer to let it sit in the background and just do its thing, you can also do that!

And then more cocktail recipes for you to try next time!

Keep that bottle of Gin out with more cocktail recipes for you to try! We’re always updating our database of cocktails, so check back often. In the meantime, check some of the sight sections below.

Top 10 Gin cocktail recipes: start with the ten Gin based cocktails that we think are the best. Whether you agree with us or not, you’ll have to agree there’s some good stuff in there.

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