Tom Collins

40ml Gin
10ml Lemon Juice
Teapoon of Superfine/Caster Sugar
Soda Water

Fill glass 3/4 full with cracked ice. Proceed to fill the glass with gin, lemon juice and sugar, stirring the ingredients briefly. Top up with soda water and garnish with a lemon piece.

This cocktail appears in the mid 1870's book by Jerry Thomas titled Bon Vivant's companion. The drink itself was named after a non-existent man of the same name who talked harshly of others when he was at the bar, prompting many to try to find him to have a word with Tom. This became known as The Great Tom Collins Hoax of 1874 and the cocktail Tom Collins was made in honour of this, so when people asked for the man Tom Collins they got a cocktail instead of confronting a person.