Gin, cucumber, mint, lime. Large-format in the pill vessel. Service for 4 to 6.
Muddle cucumber + mint in the mixing vessel. Add gin, lime, simple. Shake hard with ice. Double-strain into chilled pill vessel. Top with crushed ice.
Massive mint bush on top, emerging from the vessel like a centerpiece. Cucumber wheel on the rim.
The mint is the show. Cut it tall so it stands out of the vessel. Guests inhale through the mint while drinking — most of the "mint flavor" is olfactory, not taste.
Green. Bright. Cooling. A summer drink that works year-round at our climate-controlled patio.
Pour cost target: 15%. Selling price: $150 for 4 servings. Margin: $127.50.
Sasha Petrosky's Eastside cocktail. The drink that converted Jason from "cucumber? gross" to "give me ten of these."
Tags: eastside, gin, pill, large-format, signature, mint, cucumber