Pimm's Cup

English

Alternative forms

• Pimm's cup

Etymology

Named after its creator, James Pimm.

Noun

Pimm's Cup (plural Pimm's Cups)

1. A fruit cup, a type of cocktail with gin, a soft drink, and fruit, specifically a summer long drink made with an English-style (clear and carbonated) lemonade (sometimes substituted with ginger ale or ginger beer), lemon or lime juice, as well as various chopped garnishes, particularly apple, cucumber, orange, lemon, strawberry and mint or borage, and served in a highball glass.
   • 2001, Michel LaCroix, New Orleans (Edge Guides), Longstreet Press, →ISBN, page 23:

     A huge favorite with locals, who swear the Pimm’s Cups are the best in town, it also offers a variety of fresh po’ boys, a hot cheese-drenched ratatouille calzone, spinach-and-artichoke dip, and bruschetta.

   • 2010, Adrienne Martini, Sweater Quest: My Year of Knitting Dangerously, Free Press, →ISBN, page 202:

     In the portrait gallery, Pimm’s Cups are served with odd little canapés of smoked venison and bits of quince.

   • 2010, Ivana Lowell, Why Not Say What Happened?: A Memoir, New York, N.Y.: Borzoi Books, Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, page 102:

     We had made a Pimm’s Cup with all the fruit, borage, and mint that the summer cocktail requires.

   • 2011 April 29, James Renovitch, “Calendar: This week’s community listings”, in The Austin Chronicle, volume 30, number 35, page 58:

     Mouthfeel presents DJ Divorcée and DJ Tip spinning a tribute to Pimm’s Cups, Welsh Corgwn, the Union Jack, and Kate Middleton’s love of drinking parties, just in time for the royal nups.

   • 2016, Melissa de la Cruz, Double Eclipse, G. P. Putnam’s Sons, →ISBN, page 20:

     “Those don’t look like spritzers,” Ingrid said, […]. Freya laughed. “It’s the French Opera; I made Pimm’s Cups.” “Um, I think that’s Wimbledon,” Ingrid said. “Um, what is a Pimm’s Cup?” Mardi said. “Pimm’s Cups are traditionally associated with Wimbledon, which starts in three weeks,” I added.

Synonyms

• Pimm's

Further reading

• Pimm's Cup on Wikipedia.Wikipedia