Ingredients

• 8 1/4"-thick slices cucumber
• 12 small fresh shiso leaves
• 1/4 cup Hendrick's Gin
• 6 tablespoons tonic water
• 1/4 cup aloe juice
• 2 teaspoons Chartreuse liqueur
• Ingredient info: Shiso leaves, from the perilla plant (also known as Japanese basil), are sold at Japanese markets. Aloe juice is available at better supermarkets and at specialty foods stores.

Instructions

1. Using a muddler or the handle of a wooden spoon, crush and mash cucumber and shiso in a cocktail shaker. Add gin and mash again. Fill shaker halfway with ice cubes. Add tonic, aloe, and Chartreuse. Stir to blend well. Fill 2 Old Fashioned glasses with ice; strain cocktail into glasses.