Maid in Cuba

2 slices cucumber
7 mint leaves
60ml white rum
22.5ml lime juice
15ml rich simple syrup (2:1)
10ml soda water
Absinthe

Muddle cucumber, then mint in a shaker
Add rum, lime juice, simple, and shake with ice
Rinse or spray a glass with absinthe before straining the contents of the shaker into it
Top with soda water
Garnish with cucumber

Very good, fresh, and nicely balanced

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