Lemon Drop
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A short drink that tastes like lemonade with a backbone. The sugared rim is not decoration: you taste it before the liquid and it braces your mouth for the acidity coming behind it.
Ingredients
- 30 ml vodka
- 15 ml freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 10 ml simple syrup
- Sugar for the rim and a lemon wedge
Preparation
- Run the lemon wedge around the rim of the shot glass, then press it upside down into a plate of sugar, turning it.
- Add the vodka, juice and syrup to a shaker with plenty of ice.
- Shake hard for about ten seconds, until the shaker is painfully cold. It is shaken and not stirred because of the citrus: shaking integrates it and gives that faintly foamy texture.
- Strain into the prepared glass, taking care not to wet the sugared rim, and serve immediately.
