The Most Refreshing Lemon Drop Martini

The perfect lemon drop martini should be refreshingly tart, not cloyingly sweet. Lucky for you this is The Most Refreshing Lemon Drop Martini! Give it a try soon.

Course Drinks

Cuisine American

Keyword Lemon Drop Martini

Prep Time 5

Total Time 5

Servings cocktail

Calories 240kcal

Author Cathy Pollak

Equipment

Ingredients

juice of one 5-6 oz lemon, plus more for glass rim*
1 tbsp ultrafine baker's sugar, more for rim
2.5 oz top shelf vodka such as Tito's
finely crushed ice
sliced lemon round for garnish

Instructions

To sugar the rim of the martini glass, squeeze your extra lemon into a flat bottomed bowl and dip the rim of the glass into the bowl to coat the outside edges of the glass. Holding the glass upside down, sprinkle ultrafine sugar onto the outside edge of the glass rim.
juice of one 5-6 oz lemon, plus more for glass rim*, 1 tbsp ultrafine baker's sugar, more for rim
Using a citrus press, squeeze the juice out of a 5-6 oz lemon into a cocktail shaker. Add vodka and 1 tablespoon of ultrafine sugar into cocktail shaker and fill halfway with large ice cubes. Close and shake vigorously for at least 40 shakes to dissolve sugar (wrap a towel around the shaker as it will get very cold to hold on to).
2.5 oz top shelf vodka such as Tito's
Strain into a martini glass and scoop in finely crushed ice to float on the top. Add a thinly sliced lemon round to float on the top.
finely crushed ice, sliced lemon round for garnish

Notes

Lemon: *I never measure my lemon juice exactly. With a juice press I know I will get enough juice out of the whole lemon. If you are hand squeezing you might have to use more than one lemon as your yield of juice will be low.

Glassware: A chilled glass is a must with this drink.

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