tom collins

Name: Tom Collins
Prep time: 5 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 ounce(s) gin (old tom gin, if possible--otherwise, any quality gin will work); 1 ounce(s) fresh lemon juice; 2-3 teaspoon(s) superfine sugar; 3 ounce(s) carbonated water (club soda or seltzer water); - ice cubes; 1 - maraschino cherry - for garnish; 1 slice(s) orange - for garnish

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Vickie Parks

Renton, WA

Updated on Mar 15, 2015

This is the basically the very same (or quite similar) recipe for a classic Tom Collins cocktail that can be found on almost all mixology and cocktail websites. It's really good and quite refreshing on a hot summer day. I'm not exactly sure of its history, but it seems to have originated in New York in the late 1800s and was a modern variation of a popular libation, the John Collins, that was popular in the 1800s in London.

Rate

prep time 5 Min

cook time

method No-Cook or Other

yield 1 serving(s)

Ingredients

2 ounces gin (old tom gin, if possible--otherwise, any quality gin will work)
1 ounce fresh lemon juice
2-3 teaspoons superfine sugar
3 ounces carbonated water (club soda or seltzer water)
- ice cubes
1 - maraschino cherry - for garnish
1 slice orange - for garnish

How To Make tom collins

Step 1

In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, combine the gin, lemon juice, and sugar.

Step 2

Shake well, and strain into a tall Collins glass almost filled with ice cubes.
Step 3

Add the club soda, and garnish with a cherry and orange slice.
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