Lavender Collins

Name: Lavender Collins
Total time: 3 min
Yield: 1 cocktail
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 2 oz London Dry Gin; 0.75 oz Fresh Lemon Juice; 0.5 oz Lavender Syrup; 2 oz Soda Water; Lemon wheel (garnish, optional)

Classic

A Tom Collins with floral lavender syrup.

FloralSpringRefreshingCitrusy

3 minEasyLight

Soft floral lavender over tart lemon and juniper-forward gin, lifted by soda. Fragrant, pale, and refreshing.

Ingredients

2 oz London Dry Gin
0.75 oz Fresh Lemon Juice
0.5 oz Lavender Syrup
2 oz Soda Water
Lemon wheel · optional garnish

Method

1
Add the gin, lemon juice, and lavender syrup to a shaker with ice.
2
Shake until well-chilled.
3
Strain into a Collins glass over fresh ice.
4
Top with soda water and garnish with a lemon wheel.

The Story

The Collins is a long-drink template of spirit, lemon, sugar, and soda that dates to the nineteenth century. Floral versions with lavender or elderflower are a modern favorite, pairing the flowers with gin's own botanicals.

Garnish · Lemon wheel