Dry Melontini

Dry Melontini has watermelon, watermelon juice, mint leaves and Bombay gin.

I discovered this drink last summer, purely by accident.  I had a very watery watermelon that I cut into chunks and put into a bowl.  When I took it out of the fridge a few hours later, it was 2/3 full with watermelon juice.  So I strained the juice into a cup, thew in some watermelon chunks and a few mint sprigs - and added vodka and ice.  A friend came by and between the two of us, we must have knocked down at least 3 tall glasses of this cocktail each. 

Well, I saw some small watermelons at the Farmer's Market this morning and bought one.  When I came home, I was thinking about how lovely this drink would be with gin.  So I poured some Bombay gin into the bottom of my glass, added the ice, watermelon chunks, mint sprigs and watermelon juice.  

I was right. It's incredible. 

1 1/2 thumbs Bombay Gin
1/2 cup watermelon juice
1 mint sprig (approximately 6 leaves)
1/2 cup watermelon chunks
Ice (to taste)

Mix in a 12 ounce glass and serve cold.