Lemon juice is the juice of a lemon, or Citrus limon, a small, evergreen tree native to Asia. Lemon juice is mainly composed of citric acid, and has a pH of around 2.3. While lemon juice has an incredible amount of culinary uses (everything from curdling milk for cream cheese to balancing out pan juices for gravy to cleaning pots and pans), it is the primary acidity used in cocktail making, as it is the most neutral of the common acidifiers (other common acid sources include limes and oranges).
Lemon juice adds a fairly neutral balance in modest amounts, but can shift the flavors of other ingredients, as in the Jasmine, where lemon juice takes the cherry flavor of Campari and makes it taste like pink grapefruit.
Some popular cocktails containing Lemon juice
- Coffee Cobbler — Venezuelan rum, Coffee liqueur, Orange liqueur, Simple syrup, Lemon juice
- Improved Morning Sour — Coffee liqueur, Bergamot liqueur, Lemon juice, Agave syrup, Chinotto, Lemon peel
- Aegean Dream — Gin, Aperol, Mastika, Orange bitters, Lemon juice, Rosemary
- Rose Plane — Irish whiskey, Amaro Nonino, Ramazzotti Aperitivo Rosato, Lemon juice, Salt Solution, Lemon peel
- Norwegian Plum — Aquavit, Bitters, Lemon juice, Simple syrup
- Selinon Soother (OG Version) — Gin, Bianco Vermouth, Jamaican #1 bitters, Seltzer water, Lemon juice, Celery syrup, Simple syrup, Lemon peel
- Black Clover Club — Gin, Dry vermouth, Lemon juice, Egg white, Blackberry preserves
- The Aves — Pisco, Ponzu, Teriyaki sauce, Lemon juice, Roe, Lemon, Quail egg, Green Onion
- Harvest Time — Light rum, Pumpkin liqueur, Drambuie, Lemon juice
- Bastille — Sparkling white wine, Calvados, Pineau des Charentes, Suze, Bitters, Lemon juice, Simple syrup
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