Name: Firefly Cooler · Cocktail recipe
Prep time: 5 min
Yield: 1
Ingredients: 45 ml Vodka; 15 ml Elderflower Liqueur; 20 ml lemon juice; 3 pieces Cucumber slices; Approx. 80 ml Soda Water, to top; Ice; 1 piece Lemon twist

Drink type Servings

Measurement system

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Firefly Cooler

Description

Cucumber makes this elderflower cooler feel particularly fresh, and lemon gives its floral sweetness a clear edge. Vodka keeps the focus on those flavours and soda gives them a clean finish. Try it after an Elderflower Collins if the flowers appealed and you want a greener, quieter base.

Ingredients

45 ml Vodka
15 ml Elderflower Liqueur
20 ml lemon juice
3 pieces Cucumber slices
Approx. 80 ml Soda Water, to top
Ice
1 piece Lemon twist

Equipment needed

Bar Spoon – Used to stir the drink smoothly with ice before serving. Muddler – Useful for gently pressing herbs, fruit or sugar when building the drink. Bottle Opener – Useful if the serve uses bottled soda, ginger beer or sparkling wine.

Instructions

Gently press the cucumber slices in a shaker to release their fresh aroma without pulverising them.
Add the vodka, elderflower liqueur and fresh lemon juice with ice, then shake briefly until cold.
Fine strain into a highball over fresh ice and top with soda water.
Stir gently and finish with a lemon twist.