How to make it
- 1Fill a highball with ice and the fruit and cucumber.
- 2Pour in the Pimm’s and lemonade and stir gently.
Garnish: Strawberry and orange slices, cucumber and a mint sprig.
Variations: Ginger ale works in place of lemonade; Champagne makes a Pimm’s Royale.
1 : 3
In parts, a Pimm’s Cup is 1 Pimm’s No. 1 and 3 lemon-lime soda. Change one part and you have a cousin; the closest are below.
Pimm’s No. 1 · 1Lemon-lime soda · 3
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