Lemon Drop
Sherbet for adults, sugar rim mandatory.
Ingredients
- 50 ml Vodka
- 15 ml Triple sec
- 22 ml Lemons
- 12 ml Sugar syrup
Method
Shake hard, double strain into a sugar-rimmed coupe.
- Glass
- Coupe
- Ice
- None in the glass — served up, chilled
- Garnish
- Lemon twist
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Takes
- About 3 minutes
- Strength
- Medium
- Style
- Sour
- Tastes
- citrus-forward and sweetened
If you're missing something
- Triple sec → Cointreau or dry curaçao — the same category — Cointreau is the benchmark and worth the difference
- Sugar syrup → Agave syrup — slightly sweeter, so use a little less
- Sugar syrup → Honey — loosen with warm water first; adds its own flavour
Where it comes from
San Francisco, 1970s, created by Norman Jay Hobday at Henry Africa’s — a bar often described as the first fern bar.
About this recipe
Charlie Tyler — Editor, Drinki
Specs cross-checked against standard published recipes and IBA measures.
Specs last checked .