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Lemon Sour Cocktail

“Make a non-alcoholic version of this recipe:
leave out the shochu,
include the sweetener,
and add more soda water.
Enjoy a fizzy-mint-lemonade”
— Cook Martina of the King Kogi Airship
 

Ingredients:

1 lemon (skin washed)

1-2 shots of shochu

soda water

enough ice to fill a glass

Optional: 4-8 fresh mint leaves

Optional: 1 TBSP shot of simple syrup, sugar, or sweetener of choice

  1. Juice half a lemon, pour lemon juice into a tall glass.

  2. Slice the other half of the lemon, add them to the glass.

  3. If you want a sweeter drink, add 1 tbsp sweetener of choice. Mix it well with the lemon juice so it dissolves.

  4. Add mint to the glass. Gently spank the leaves in your hand first to release the oils.

  5. Fill the glass with ice.

  6. Add the shochu: one shot for regular, 2 shots for strong

  7. Fill up the glass with soda water and gently stir to not destroy the fizz.

  8. Squeeze one more slice of lemon and drop it in. Garnish with mint.

Use this sugary liquid to sweeten ice beverages, like coffees, homemade soda, or cocktails.

Simple Syrup Recipe

50/50 sugar to water ratio
(example: 1/2 cup sugar, 1/2 cup water)

  • Add the sugar and water together in a saucepan on the stove on medium heat.

  • Stir until the sugar is dissolved.

  • Let it cool, then store it in a glass jar or container.

  • Keep in the fridge and prepare for sticky lids!

Martina’s Secret Tip

Once the sugar is dissolved, I kill the heat, and steep chai tea bags, lemon rinds, cinnamon sticks, and vanilla beans into individual batches of simple syrup to create lightly flavoured simple syrup.

I bought eye droppers for oil online, and use them to store my various simple syrups.

“When Life Gives You Lemons” 🍸 Lemon Drop Martini Recipe

  • 2 SHOTS vodka

  • 1/2 SHOT GRAND MARNIER (or Cointreau/Triple Sec)

  • 1 SHOT FRESH squeezed lemon juice

  • 1/2 SHOT simple syrup (add up to 1/2 shot more if too tart for your taste)

Add all ingredients into martini shaker filled with ice.

Shake it, shake shake it, shake it...UH OHHH~ dances

Using the left over lemon, rub it on the rim of a glass lightly and roll the rim of the glass in sugar.

Strain the drink into the glass. Laugh merrily at how excellent it was that life gave you lemons.

Non-Alcoholic 🍋 Life Has Given Me Lemons Recipe

  • Big ol' handful of fresh mint leaves

  • 1 SHOT FRESH squeezed lemon juice

  • 1/2 SHOT simple syrup

  • 1/4 Soda Water (or sparkling water)

  • Optional: fresh grated ginger (1/4 tsp)

Shake everything BUT the soda water with ice.

Pour into a glass filled with fresh ice, and add a few sprigs of mint and some slices of lemon because that's just pretty.

Top the rest of the glass with the soda water, and gently stir.

Enjoy your fresh glass of TAKE THAT life.