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Tom collins cocktail
Serves: 2
Total time: 
Recipe photograph by Sam Folan
Tom collins cocktail
One of the oldest cocktails, the first recorded recipe for this zingy gin and lemon drink was in an American book in 1876
Serves: 2
Total time:
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Abigail Spooner
Abi is our Junior Food Editor and can usually be found in the test kitchen, trialling recipes to ensure perfect results for our readers. An obsessive foodie with a sweet tooth, she is happiest when baking and is a firm believer that there is always room for dessert (preferably following a big bowl of pasta)
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Abigail Spooner
Abi is our Junior Food Editor and can usually be found in the test kitchen, trialling recipes to ensure perfect results for our readers. An obsessive foodie with a sweet tooth, she is happiest when baking and is a firm believer that there is always room for dessert (preferably following a big bowl of pasta)
See more of Abigail Spooner’s recipes
Ingredients
- 120ml gin
- 60ml lemon juice
- 30ml sugar syrup
- soda water
- 4 lemon slices, optional
- 2 maraschino cherries, optional
Step by step
- Take 2 tall glass tumblers and divide the gin, lemon juice and sugar syrup between them. Stir well, then top up with ice and soda water. Serve garnished with a slice of lemon and a maraschino cherry, if you like.