Not a 'Martini' cocktail but hence named by being served in a V shaped martini glass in the 1980's. A strong, sweet sour balance with that tangy citrus drop kick.&nbsp; Bartender Tips: The sugar rim is not just decoration for this, it adds the sweet edge to complete the balance of the cocktail - try different sugars!

Easy

Alcohol

Bitter

Sour

Sweet

Lemon Drop Martini

Zest your lemon for garnish and cut a wedge for rim and a half for squeezing

Knife

Prepare

Use a lemon wedge to wet half the rim of the glass and dip into the sugar bowl

Martini glass

Sugar

Lemon wedge

Sugar rim

Fill both your martini glass and shaker with ice

Ice scoop

Shaker

Pour in all your ingredients into your shaker

Mexican Elbow Juicer

Jigger

Lemon Vodka

Triple Sec

Lemon juice

Add ingredients

Close the shaker lid and shake really hard for 8 seconds

Shake

Empty the ice in your martini glass back into the ice bucket. Take off the small top off the shaker and strain out the ingredients into your chilled glass.

How to make Lemon Drop Martini - video recipe