A fruity Pimms style cocktail, with lots of citrus, ice and lemonade. Serve outside and enjoy the summer.

CORNISH CUP PUNCH

We all love a glass of  Pimms in the summer, but there's a new kid on the block, Curio Cornish Cup. 

It's inspired by a traditional punch drunk by the British Navy in the 17th Century and can be made up exactly like Pimms or served over ice with ginger beer.

The base is a Mullion Dry Gin blended with botanicals and Chai tea. 

The flavours include rich malty Assam tea, cardamom pods and cinnamon. 

It's absolutely delicious served both ways, as a punch or with ginger beer. 

The punch is definitely a great one to sip while sitting in the garden and mixing it with ginger beer is a great one to serve at BBQs. 

Try it both ways and see which you like best.

THE HISTORY OF PUNCH

Cocktail is a much newer term for what originally was a punch. 

We need to look back to the 17th century. 

The term came from the British Navy who would serve their soldiers grog or punch to make sure they were drinking enough. 

They couldn't drink sea water and the general water supply at that time was quite often contaminated and drinking it would make them very sick. 

Adding alcohol made it safer to drink.

The term punch was nothing to do with sailors and drunken fisticuffs. 

It came from the Hindi work 'panch' which means five.  

The five are alcohol, tea or other other spices (the East India Company, a collection of English merchants were bringing back ships full of spices from the East Indies), citrus juice, water and sugar. 

Starting to sound like a punch or cocktail isn't it?

MORE COCKTAILS TO TRY

Here are a few more cocktails to sip and enjoy.

1. Green Apple Margarita
2. Honey Badger Cocktail
3. Purple Stag Cocktail
4. Ruby Red Gin Cocktail with Clementime
5. Scottish Raspberry & Mint Cider Cooler

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Author: Jacqueline Meldrum

Cornish Cup Punch

A fruity Pimms style cocktail, with lots of citrus, ice and lemonade. Serve outside and enjoy the summer.

Prep time: 5 MinTotal time: 5 Min

Ingredients

• 250ml / 1 cup Cornish Cup
• 1 lemon
• 1 lime
• 1 orange
• a few fresh mint leaves
• lots of ice
• 1 litre / 4 cups lemonade
• 750ml / 3 cups soda water

Instructions

1. Cut your fruit into wedges.
2. Pour Cornish Cup into a large jug, then add your fruit and mint.
3. Add lots of ice and top with lemonade and soda water.
4. Stir and serve.
5. Enjoy!

Notes:

You can make this cocktail the same way with Pimms.

Change it up, try orange and grapefruit or blood orange and raspberries.

Calories

128.32

Fat (grams)

0.27

Sat. Fat (grams)

0.04

Carbs (grams)

34.09

Fiber (grams)

2.02

Net carbs

32.07

Sugar (grams)

28.43

Protein (grams)

0.93

Sodium (milligrams)

35.31

Cholesterol (grams)

0.00

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Disclosure: I was sent some of these as samples to try and some I regularly buy. I was not expected to write a positive review and any opinions expressed are my own.