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Tom Collins Cocktail
The Tom Collins is a fine old drink—cocktail writer David Wondrich notes how it turns up (in a slightly different form) in Jerry Thomas’s seminal Bon Vivant’s Companion of 1877. Wondrich cites the drink’s “simple elegance”: just gin, lemon juice, and sugar, topped off with fizzy water. What to buy: Finely milled superfine sugar dissolves rapidly, avoiding any risk of graininess in the finished drink.
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Ingredients
number of servings
1
- ice cubes
- 2 ounce London dry gin
- 1 ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon superfine sugar
- 4 ounce club soda chilled
- 1 thin lemon slice for garnishing
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Directions
5 min.
1. Step
Drop a handful of ice cubes into a cocktail shaker and add the gin, lemon juice, and sugar. Shake until chilled, about 5 seconds. Pour into a chilled collins glass filled with ice cubes.
2. Step
Add the club soda to the glass, give it a quick stir, garnish with the lemon slice, and serve.