Refreshing summer cocktail recipe for a mint cucumber lemonade cocktail

Ingredients:
2 oz vodka 129 calories
1/4 cup cucumber 5 calories
1.5 oz lemon juice 10 calories
1 oz simple syrup 80 calories
soda water
mint

Instructions:
Aggressively muddle cucumber in shaker
add mint and gently muddle
Add ice
Add vodka, lemon juice, and simple syrup
Shake well for 15 seconds
strain into a collins glass with Ice
Top with soda water
Stir gently
Garnish with mint, cucumber, and lemon

This is a quick an easy summer cocktail. This can be a vodka or gin cocktail thats perfect for summer. It is sweet and refreshing. If you prefer it more tart, reduce the sugar. The mint can be left out if you prefer a cucumber lemonade cocktail with out. Some people might call this a cucumber cooler, or some sort of smash, but its pretty much lemonade with cucumber goodness.