Equipment
- Cocktail Glass
- Cocktail shaker
Ingredients
- 5 cl Gin I used Bergslagens Organic Gin
- 2.5 cl Lemon Juice
- 2.5 cl Sugar Syrup
- Basil Leaves 5 - 10 pcs.
- Tonic to top up with - I used Three Cents Aegean Tonic
Instructions
- Find a shaker and put gin, lemon juice, simple syrup, and basil leaves in it.
- Also add a good amount of ice cubes.
- Shake it well.
- Find a lowball glass (or another short glass) with ice and use a fine strainer to pour the contents from the shaker into the glass. If you don't have a fine strainer, just make sure that only the liquid goes into the glass.
- Top up the glass with tonic water and optionally lay a couple of fresh basil leaves on top as garnish.
- Serve!