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Long Drink

Tom Collins

INGREDIENTS

4.5 cl Old Tom Gin

1.5 cl Sugar syrup

3 cl Fresh lemon juice

6 cl Soda water

METHOD

Stir

GLASS

Highball

GARNISH

Lemon slice & Maraschino cherry

DIRECTIONS

Pour all ingredients directly into highball glass filled with ice. Stir gently. Garnish with lemon slice and maraschino cherry. Add a dash of Angostura bitters.

The British history suggests that Tom Collins was created in London by Barman John Collins around the middle of XIX century. If made with Old Tom Gin, presumably becomes the Tom Collins. The first published recipe appeared in the manual of Jerry Thomas in 1876.

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Tom Collins