If you follow me on Instagram, you are not a stranger to one of my favorite drinks of late (cheers to you, Lizzy and Hannah!). I love citrus because it makes me happy and relaxed. It doesn’t hurt that the colors are just lovely. I started making this drink because I saw my friend post a picture of one whilst at Craft & Commerce, one of my favorite restaurants here in San Diego. At the time, I was alone at home while my husband was traveling for his business.
I saw it.
I wanted it.
I made it.
In California, citrus grows year-round, but winter is when the stores are overflowing with it. I’ve still been seeing tons of grapefruits around so I’ve been buying about 2 large bags a week. That’s a crazy amount of these guys, but I’ve been searching for the super red centered ones, with no success. I’ve tried 6 different varieties from a few different places. Although, I’ve only been trying the organics…maybe the red ones are floating around in the non-organic produce section. Either way, these pink ones I found at our local farmer’s market are begging for a Spring afternoon drink!
Gin is one of my favorite drink additions because it has such a great herb-y characteristic that suits so many juices and syrups.
This vintage shaker is one of my favorite estate sale finds of all time!
Grapefruit Collins
2 oz grapefruit juice, strained
1/2 oz lemon juice, strained
1 oz simple syrup
2 oz Gin
club soda
Mix all but the club soda in a shaker with ice. Pour over ice into a highball (or a glass of your choice) and top with the club soda.
Straws can be found here at this lovely shop.
Kid or alcohol-free version:
double everything and remove the gin :)
My kids get a thrill out of these special drinks and the bonus for their little bodies is the fresh-squeezed fruit-juice.
This is my favorite place to enjoy this kind of drink with friends or even just with my favorite person in the world that I happen to share a room and blessed life with :)
I want to come to your house and sip one of those. But I might have to go buy some gin and make my own in the mean time.
Do it! Until we are together again, we’ll add it to the list of drinks to partake of :)
hooray! this looks marvelous! thanks, fancy lady! xo
You are most welcome, although nothing is as good as sharing this in person :)
oooh this drink looks so refreshing!! i love citrus too especially with the weather warms up. craving a lemon meringue pie today for some reason…
mmmm….pie….
Random that you’ve posted a Tom Collins it’s been my obsession the last couple days. I made one with your cranberry-ginger syrup, which was awesome! THEN I found elderflower syrup at a German shop and it made an amazing Tom collins!!
Totally obsessed. It’s all I want these days :) I’ve probably squeezed 25 pounds of grapefruit the last few weeks!
okay that drink looks divine. and i am basically swoon over your patio. i’m new here. i followed a link from hannah’s bolg. super glad i did.
Nice to meet you, Kelly :) I love Hannah! Hope to see you again.
just found your blog this morning & really enjoyed reading your posts!
i’ll be giving this drink a try this weekend! looks so delish.
xoxo
ali