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| What You Need: |
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1 ounce fresh lemon juice
3 ounces gin
1˝ teaspoons superfine sugar
2 ice cubes
6 ounces cold club soda
1 slice orange (optional)
1 maraschino cherry (optional)
A Tom Collins glass
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| How To Cook: |
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1. Place the lemon juice, gin and sugar in the Tom Collins glass and stir with a bar spoon to dissolve the sugar.
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2. Add the ice cubes, fill the glass with cold soda, and stir briefly.
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3. Garnish the drink, if you like, with an orange slice and/or a cherry.
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4. Rum is the liquor most frequently substituted for gin - and the drink is then called a rum Collins - but applejack, bourbon, brandy, blended whiskey, Scotch or vodka can be also substituted.
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5. With bourbon or blended whiskey, the drink is called a John Collins.
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