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Tom Collins with Lemon and Soda

Tom Collins with Lemon and Soda

Name: Tom Collins with Lemon and Soda
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 4 glasses
Ingredients: 200 ml gin; 100 ml lemon juice; 60 ml simple syrup; 400 ml sparkling water; lemon; cocktail cherries; 16 cubes ice

Jakub SýkoraDrinkAmerican Cuisine x se líbilo

Tom Collins comes together as an iconic gin cocktail from the 19th century that ranks among the timeless classics of the bar. You pour gin, fresh lemon juice, and simple syrup into an ice-filled shaker in a 50:25:15 ratio and shake vigorously for 12-15 seconds. You strain it through a fine strainer into a tall glass with fresh ice, top with soda water, and stir gently. You garnish with a lemon slice and a cocktail cherry and serve with a straw.

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Step by step process

Make the cocktail

1
Fill a tall Collins glass with a few ice cubes and let it stand for 1-2 minutes to chill thoroughly. A pre-chilled glass holds the fizz longer and keeps the drink cold to the last sip.
2
Pour the gin, freshly squeezed lemon juice and simple syrup into a shaker. A good starting ratio is 50 ml gin: 25 ml lemon juice: 15-20 ml syrup. Add 4 ice cubes and shake vigorously for 12-15 seconds until the outside of the shaker feels ice-cold.
3
Strain the mixture through a fine strainer. Taste and fine-tune the balance: more syrup for a sweeter version, a few drops of lemon juice for a sharper edge.

Serve

4
Discard the ice from the chilled glass and replace it with fresh ice, which melts more slowly and will not dilute the cocktail.
5
Pour the strained mixture over the ice. Top with soda water (60-90 ml) and gently stir from the bottom up 2-3 times with a long spoon so the drink combines without losing its bubbles.
6
Garnish with a lemon slice and a cocktail cherry. Serve immediately with a straw.