Pimm's Cup

The Pimm's Cup is a bar standard outside the IBA list: 6 ingredients, built in the glass and served in a collins. That makes 239 ml in the glass: a long drink.

Ingredients

• 45 mlPimm's No. 1
• 10 mlfresh orange juice
• 8 mlfresh lemon juice
• 10 mlcucumber
• 60 mllemonade
• 75 mlginger ale

Method

1. Put the fruit and cucumber into a collins glass and fill it with ice.
2. Add the Pimm's, then top with lemonade and ginger ale.
3. Stir gently.

Garnish: Garnish with cucumber, orange, lemon and mint.

What it tastes like

bitter → sweet

Sweetness shows without covering: it comes from ginger ale, with 0.8 out of 10 of bitterness holding it back.

round → sour

Acidity leaves it halfway: 94th of 186, and the acid comes from lemonade.

light → strong

Just 4.7% in the glass: lighter than 80% of the catalogue, and the volume has as much to do with it as the recipe.

Its closest neighbour is the Sgroppino: 96 out of 100 for similarity.

Five that come close

• SgroppinoBuilt on vino and with lemon sorbet in place of ginger ale.
• Bloody Orange5 degrees lighter and with apple juice in place of ginger ale.
• BelliniBuilt on vino and with prosecco in place of ginger ale.
• Ginger No-jito5 degrees lighter and with ginger beer in place of ginger ale.
• Shirley Temple5 degrees lighter and with grenadine in place of lemonade.

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Recipe source: Difford's Guide · checked on 3 November 2026