Food & Cooking Recipes Drink Recipes Cocktail Recipes Cucumber-Mint Gin and Tonic 3.7 (62) Servings: 1 Seasonal, fresh ingredients make summer the best time to enjoy this invigorating cocktail. Directions Strip leaves from two sprigs of mint and place in the bottom of a highball glass along with cucumber. Muddle with a muddling stick or the handle of a wooden spoon. Fill a glass with ice. Pour gin over ice, top off glass with tonic, stirring once, and garnish with remaining mint sprig and thin cucumber wedge.