Head to head
Earl Grey MarTEAni and Tom Collins side by side: what changes in the recipe, the balance, the strength and the calories.
The difference
Gin, lemon and sugar in both. The Earl Grey MarTEAni infuses the gin with tea and shakes it with egg white and plenty of syrup for a silky, sweet drink served up; the Tom Collins is a tall, fizzy, much drier gin cooler.
By the numbers
The Earl Grey MarTEAni uses egg white where the Tom Collins uses soda water; both have lemon juice, simple syrup and gin. In parts, an Earl Grey MarTEAni is 1 lemon, 1¼ syrup and 2 gin; a Tom Collins is 1 lemon, 2 gin and 2 soda. By volume, the Earl Grey MarTEAni is 46% spirit, 31% syrup and sugar and 23% citrus; the Tom Collins is 39% mixer and juice, 39% spirit, 19% citrus and 3% syrup and sugar.
The Tom Collins is the stronger drink in the glass (11.1% ABV against 9.6%) and holds more alcohol (1.35 standard drinks against 1.01). The Earl Grey MarTEAni has more calories (about 192 against 150) and more sugar (19.2 g against 3.5 g). Both are shaken; the Earl Grey MarTEAni is served in a martini glass, the Tom Collins in a highball.
Sours · Gin
The ratio · 1 : 1¼ : 2
Full Earl Grey MarTEAni recipe →
Highlighted: not in the Tom Collins.
Highballs & Fizzes · Gin
The ratio · 1 : 2 : 2
Highlighted: not in the Earl Grey MarTEAni.
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