If you try and find strawberries in a fruit market in London at the end
of June, the sellers will tell you that theres none because they are all
at Wimbledon. The tennis competition is best known for its consumption
of champagne and strawberries, rather than sport.
In celebration of Wimbledon, starting next week, weve asked Joe
Smith, the bartender at Nita Lake Lodge, craft a British cocktail that
resembles their traditional Pimms drink, featuring strawberries (which
we have an abundance of this time of year, unlike London.) And of
course, we tried to keep it local, by sourcing our gin from Pemberton
Distilleries and getting strawberries from the Fraser Valley (which are
very much in season right now!)
The SW20 cocktail (named after the postal code of Wimbledon) is best
served in a pitcher, outside, with friends. And theres no risk of
developing tennis elbow. Alexandra Suhner Isenberg
Be sure to get the recipe on our editors
blog!
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