Tom Collins Cocktail

Name: Tom Collins Cocktail
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 drink
Ingredients: Ice cubes; 2 ounces London dry gin; 1 ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice; 1 teaspoon superfine sugar; 4 ounces club soda, chilled; 1 thin lemon slice, for garnishing

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Ingredients (6)

Ice cubes
2 ounces London dry gin
1 ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 teaspoon superfine sugar
4 ounces club soda, chilled
1 thin lemon slice, for garnishing

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Nutritional Information

Calories179
Fat0.16g
Saturated fat0.02g
Trans fat
Carbs8.72g
Fiber0.9g
Sugar5.49g
Protein0.42g
Cholesterol
Sodium25.85mg
Nutritional Analysis per serving (1 servings) Powered by

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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Instructions

1Drop a handful of ice cubes into a cocktail shaker and add the gin, lemon juice, and sugar. Shake until chilled, about 15 seconds. Pour into a chilled collins glass filled with ice cubes.
2Add the club soda to the glass, give it a quick stir, garnish with the lemon slice, and serve.

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