A fruit cup, also known as a summer cup, is traditionally an English speciality drink designed to be made into a long drink with addition of a soft drink such as lemonade or ginger ale. Most commonly gin based although there are some varieties based on other spirits such as vodka. The base gin is flavoured with various herbs, spices, fruit, and botanicals as well as its strength reduced. Fruit cups are typically marketed for the summer months although many are now available all year round. Fruit cup producers suggest adding fruit as a garnish to the drink and to improve the flavour; recommendations include: apple, orange, strawberry, lemon, lime, cucumber, mint, and borage leaves.
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“Let those who go home tell the same story of you:
Of action with a common purpose, action
None the less fruitful if neither you nor we
Know, until the moment after death
What is the fruit of action.”
—T.S. (Thomas Stearns)
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—Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)