Lonkero (Finnish Long Drink) Recipe
Gin stretched with bitter grapefruit soda — dry, tangy and built for long Nordic summer evenings.
- Category: Popular
- Glass: Highball glass
- ABV: 6%
- Difficulty: Easy
Ingredients
- Gin40 ml
- Grapefruit soda160 ml
How to Make It
- Fill a highball glass with ice cubes.
- Pour the gin over the ice.
- Top with cold grapefruit soda.
- Stir once and garnish with a grapefruit wedge.
Garnish
A grapefruit wedge.
The Story
Finland's 'long drink' was introduced around the time of the 1952 Helsinki Olympics as a ready-mixed way to serve visitors gin and grapefruit soda, and it has been a national staple ever since.
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