Base: Vodka

Lemon Drop

A lemon cocktail with a sugar rim — a sweet-tart balance.

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Quick answer: 50 ml vodka • 25 ml lemon juice • 20 ml sugar syrup

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● Medium 5 min
Lemon Drop

Ingredients

Story

Invented in 1970s San Francisco when bartenders were asked for a drink that tasted like a lemon drop sweet.

Method

  1. 1Wet the rim with lemon and dip it in sugar.
  2. 2Shake vodka, lemon juice and syrup with ice.
  3. 3Strain into the prepared glass.
  4. 4Garnish with lemon zest.
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  • Sugar syrup126 ₴
  • Vodka480 ₴
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Questions and answers

Lemon Drop: how much do the ingredients cost?

A full set of bottles at our prices is about 606 UAH (2 items). That is not the price of a single cocktail: one bottle lasts for many servings, and some of them go into other recipes too.

Lemon Drop: what do you need?

50 ml vodka; 25 ml lemon juice; 20 ml sugar syrup; Sugar for the rim; Ice.

What can replace “Sugar syrup” in this recipe?

Any item from the same selection will do — for example Syrup Brandbar Original Lime (Lime orydzhynal) 0.7 L PET (126 UAH), Syrup Black Chocolate (Black Chocolate) 0.5 L (Coffeeshop Amster) (66 UAH), Syrup Pewithan – salted caramel (Pecan – solona karamel) 0.5 L (Coffeeshop Amster) (66 UAH). The taste will change, but the ingredient keeps its role in the drink.

What can replace “Vodka” in this recipe?

Any item from the same selection will do — for example Vodka special “Classic” TM Sumy 0.5 L (99 UAH), Vodka Duck Hunt Luxe 0.5 L (126 UAH), Vodka Duck Hunt Classic 0.5 L 40% (126 UAH). The taste will change, but the ingredient keeps its role in the drink.

Lemon Drop: how long does it take?

About 5 minutes, 4 steps.

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