MOSCOW MULE

The hot kick of ginger beer is peculiarly desirable in the heights of summer. If you want to wallow a little more intensely in the experience, then grate in – with a microplane, ideally – a little fresh ginger for a more heady pep.

45ml (3 tablespoons) vodka

juice of half a lime

fresh ginger, finely grated

ginger beer, ice cold

Pour the vodka into a glass, add the lime juice and, if you’ve got some around, some fresh, finely grated ginger, and then fill up the glass with ice-cold ginger beer.

Makes 1.