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Tom Collins
Not Too Tricky
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Ingredients
1 Parts Bombay Sapphire Gin
Juice of half a lemon
2 Parts Soda Water
2 tsp Caster Sugar
Lemon Wedge
Ice
To garnish: A large lemon wedge
Method
The first Tom Collins recipe was written by the father of modern cocktail making, Jerry Thomas. It’s a simple mix of gin, lemon and sugar syrup, shaken over ice.
- 1. Add the freshly squeezed lemon juice, sugar and Bombay Sapphire to a clean highball glass and stir
- 2. Add plenty of cubed ice and stir again
- 3. Top with soda water and stir for a final time
- 4. Garnish with the lemon wedge then serve
