Pimm’s Cup

This drink—which my friend Pableaux Johnson calls “a well-tanned Tom Collins”—closely follows the Pimm’s Cup cocktail served at the historic Napoleon House in New Orleans, a dark, moody, and delicious place to be on a late afternoon. Created in 1840 in England, the Pimm’s recipe is a closely guarded secret. We know that 7Up, which the Napoleon House uses, wasn’t the accompaniment of choice back then, but we imagine it was added decades ago to help counteract the South’s high humidity. You’l