I had decided to make peppermint tea sorbet this week. It would have been delicious, but went completely bust. I was left with some very cold, very strong, very sweet peppermint tea. What to do?

I was recently reading about “forgotten” gin cocktails (scroll down for a link). The gin sour caught my eye: just gin, lemon juice, and simple syrup. So, as I was standing over my ruined sorbet, I thought; “This would taste good with gin.” And it does. This cocktail makes me want to sit outside in the hot sun and watch someone play badminton. You can either sweeten the tea to your taste, or add simple syrup to the cocktail.

The Peppermint Sour

one part gin

four parts strong, cold peppermint tea

½ part lemon juice

Mix it up on the rocks. Garnish with fresh mint leaves, lemon wedges, or both. Or neither.

http://www.thekitchn.com/forgotten-gin-cocktails-part-1-166935