Long summer days are the best, aren’t they? Ninety-plus temperatures can be draining, but I never stop riding the summer wavelength. I love it. I love the buzz I feel inside and the echo of the creatures buzzing outside. I love the summer thunderstorms that rattle my little house with thunder. One is rolling through right now, flexing its muscles in distant booms and waves of rain.
When the sun is shining down, I love to sit on a patio and sip on an ice cold and clinking, fizzy drink. This cocktail is perfect for that. I thought minty mojitos couldn’t get more refreshing… until I added cucumber, that is. It lends some marvelously complimentary, fresh flavor without fighting the mint. Break out that muddler, because mojito season is officially here!
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Cucumber Mojito
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- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Total Time: 5 minutes
- Yield: 1 cocktail 1x
- Category: Cocktail
Learn how to make a super refreshing mojito with muddled cucumber! You’ll love this light summer cocktail made with mint, cucumber, rum, club soda and lime.
Ingredients
Per mojito
- 2-inch slice of peeled cucumber, halved into two rounds and then quartered
- 10 fresh mint leaves
- 1 ½ to 2 teaspoons cane sugar, to taste
- 1 small to medium lime, juiced
- 1 ½ ounces clear rum
- Club soda
Instructions
- In a tall, sturdy glass, muddle the cucumber, mint and sugar until the cucumber offers no more resistance.
- Fill the glass with ice, then pour in the lime juice and rum. Top off with club soda and stir. Serve with a thick straw.
Notes
Recipe adapted from my cucumber mint gimlet and Rainier cherry mojito.
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lisa @garlicandzest
This sounds perfectly refreshing without being overly sweet — I like that a lot! Beautiful photos as well!
Kate
Thanks, Lisa! I don’t like too-sweet cocktails and I’d say this one is just right! :)
Katrina @ Warm Vanilla Sugar
Adding cucumber is a great idea! This looks lovely!
Mira
This sounds like an amazing idea, I’ll definitely try this out! x
Katie
I love a good summer thunderstorm too – we’ve had a lot of those lately. I’ve also been super into putting lime and cucumber into my soda water, but haven’t even thought to make it boozy – this looks awesome!
Kate
Thanks, Katie! Love me some cucumber water in the summer. Add booze, even better! :)
Paula | Lifestyle & Laffs
I love Mojitos! It’s especially great for the summer.
Will definitely give this a go!
Eileen
I bet a pitcher of these would make a hot summer afternoon get-together just perfect! So refreshing.
Kate
Oh yes, that would be perfect!!!
Abby @ The Frosted Vegan
I adore a good porch cocktail too, especially on a Friday evening! Summer seems to be racing by, so I’m all for slowing down and taking in a few of these :)
Cassie Tran
How refreshing :D
Laura (Tutti Dolci)
So refreshing, just what I need in this current heat wave!
Joanne
So funny, I was just thinking of how good a cucumber mojito would be earlier today and here you are with these! Perfect timing, I tell ya.
Gaby
I love mojito’s…perfect for a pool day!!
Tessa | Natural Comfort Kitchen
My sister loves mojitos–I wish I would have had this recipe when she was just in town for her b-day! Oh well, I suppose I can still test it out…
Kate
No harm in testing before her next visit, nope! :)
Heidi Kokborg
This drink would be just perfect for a warm summer with my boyfriend or a couple of friends! :)
Kate
I’d say! Cheers!!!
Lane | Modern Granola
Looks so refreshing and delish! What a perfect summer drink.
xx Lane
Jessie @ Chasing Belle
I loved mixed drinks with cucumber for the summer. This one looks like it’s right up my alley!
Cady | Wild Heart of Life
I had my first mojito this week! This is incredible. Spa water meets mojito? All the way yes.
Kate
Haha, that is the perfect way to put it! Hope you’ll get a chance to try a cucumber mojito soon!
Kelly @ Gin Dreams and Coffee Beans
This looks so good! Love cucumbers in drinks, might make tonight. I need refreshment in this god awful heat rn :D
Nick
This drink and something similar with Hendricks gin is great for the summer. I recently discovered muddling 1 jalapeño on its own in the glass, and using juice premise in a juicer from a cucumber with this drink as well. Muddling cucumber works as well but either way you do it, the jalapeño gives it a KICK and mixes deliciously with the cucumber :-)
Nick
Using cucumber juice prejuiced from a juice, not premised.
Kaye
Enjoying cucumbers from my garden in a cucumber mojito.: )
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Joy
Now I see why I could never get a good mojito after our favorite drink in Cuba. We were drinking at an outside bar where the mint was growing at the bartender’s finger tips and Cuban Rum made a difference. Also they were not too sweet.
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