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Pimm’s feels like summer: the drink literally tastes like sunny days, weekend BBQs and happiness to us. If you like having a Pimm’s out, here’s our favourite outdoor pub gardens in London for sipping Pimm’s. We say, get creative this summer with some beautiful Pimm’s cocktail recipes – here’s our pick of the best:

Botanical Summer Serve

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This cocktail is perfect when you want something fresh, light and botanical – it goes beautifully with seafood and fresh fish. Invest in good quality tonic water here, it will make all the difference!

Ingredients: 

  • – 50ml Pimm’s No.6
  • –  125ml Fentiman’s Botanical Tonic Water

Method: 

1. Fill a highball glass with ice, and add 50ml Pimm’s No.6.

2. Top up with Fentiman’s Botanical Tonic Water and garnish with a cucumber ribbon.

The London Standard

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A super refreshing cocktail for those hot (and rare) summer days in the UK. The mix of lemon, elderflower and cucumber is just perfect, with a lovely sweetness from the Pimm’s. If you don’t have cucumber juice, fresh cucumber will do just as well.

Ingredients: 

  • – 50ml No.6 Pimm’s Vodka Cup
  • – Cucumber Juice
  • – 125ml Fentimans Herbal Tonic Water

Method: 

1. Fill a highball glass with ice, add 50ml No.6 Pimms Vodka Cup and add a splash of cucumber juice.

2. Add in a dash of lemon juice, elderflower cordial and top up with 125ml Fentimans Herbal Tonic Water

3. Garnish with a cucumber ribbon.

The Mr Pimm

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A delicious, fruity cocktail that brings out the best flavours of Pimm’s. If you’re a citrus lover, this cocktail is for you. Pimm’s cocktail recipes can be as creative as you like – try using a flavoured tonic water to mix things up this summer.

Ingredients: 

  • – 50ml No.6 Pimm’s Vodka Cup
  • – Splash of Peach Bitters
  • – 125ml Fentimans Pink Grapefruit Tonic

Method: 

1. Fill a highball glass with ice, and fill with 50ml No.6 Pimms Vodka Cup.

2. Add a slice of grapefruit and thyme shrub, and add peach bitters (as much or as little as you like, according to preferences).

3. Top up with 125ml Fentimans Pink Grapefruit tonic.

The English Rose

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A lovely, fruity cocktail with a hint of botanicals – the perfect thing to serve up as a boozy lemonade this summer. You can always use fresh lavender if it’s available, and some rose water if you’ve got it!

Ingredients: 

  • – 50ml No.6 Pimm’s Vodka Cup
  • – Lavender Syrup
  • – Squeeze of Lemon Juice
  • – 125ml Fentimans Rose Lemonade

Method: 

1. Fill a highball glass with ice and add 50ml No.6 Pimm’s Vodka Cup

2. Add a generous pour of lavender syrup, a squeeze of lemon juice and a delicate drop of orange bitters

3. Stir and top up with 125ml Fentimans Rose Lemonade.

Buy Pimm’s No 6 exclusively at Harvey Nichols.