English Garden Cocktail Recipe

By Helene Segura, M.A. Ed., CPO® | July 4, 2020 |

Ingredients:

1 ½ TB Elderflower Liqueur

1 ½ TB Gin

5-6 oz Prosecco, super chilled

Cucumber, thinly sliced

Mint, torn into small sprigs

Champagne flute, chilled

Directions:

Grab your champagne flute from the freezer or refrigerator.

Pour the elderflower and gin into your glass.

Fill the rest of your flute with prosecco.

Add one or two slices of cucumber.

Top off with the mint.

Notes:

Is chilling your glass a requirement? No. But this cocktail is a wonderfully refreshing summer drink, which means you’ll be outside. A chilled glass will help this stay cooler longer.

Do you have to use a champagne flute? No, but be sure you stick to these proportions no matter what type of glass you use. In addition to chilling your glass, your drink will stay cooler if you use one with a stem you can hold.

Should you keep the skin on the cucumber slices? Whether or not they have skins still on is your choice. The cocktail is tastier and also looks prettier if these are extremely thin slices. If you can do paper thin, that’s a bonus!

While the sprig of mint looks prettier as a garnish, it does add flavor to the drink so don’t be shy about plunging it underneath the surface.

If you don’t have the cucumbers or the mint, it’s not the end of the world. The majority of the flavor comes from the prosecco, gin and elderflower.

Cheers!

About Helene Segura, M.A. Ed., CPO®

As The Inefficiency Assassin™, Time Management Fixer Helene Segura empowers professionals on the go with the tools to slay lost time. Personal inefficiency at work leads to increased stress levels, lower morale, higher absenteeism, more turnover – and rising spending on employee health care and hiring. Why not improve productivity, decrease stress levels, and increase profits instead?The author of four books – two of which were Amazon best-sellers – Helene Segura has been the featured organization expert in more than 200 media interviews. She has coached hundreds of clients to productivity success and performance improvement by applying neuroscience and behavioral modification techniques to wipe out destructive, time-wasting habits.Helene turns time management on its head by sharing both client case studies and pop culture examples to teach her mind-bending framework for decreasing interruptions, distractions and procrastination so that companies can spend more time generating revenue.

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