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Lemon Squash cocktail garnished with fruit
Lemon Squash : a very refreshing non-alcoholic cocktail made with lemon juice, sugar and sparkling water.

Recipe

For 1 person
4 cl lemon juice
2 cl simple syrup
9 cl sparkling water
Seasonal fruits for decoration

How to make

👉 straight to glass / 🥃 tumbler / 🍹 long drink (15cl) / ⏱️ 2 mn
  1. Fill a glass with crushed ice.

  2. Pour in the lemon juice, sugar syrup and sparkling water directly.

  3. Stir with a mixing spoon.

  4. Garnish with lemon and other seasonal fruits.

History

The Lemon Squash is a non-alcoholic cocktail which is always made with lemon juice, sugar, sparkling water and some fruit for decoration. It is a very thirst-quenching drink, ideal in summer.

For the record, the recipe for Lemon Squash was published under that name for the first time in a cocktail book in 1884 in "American and Other Drinks" by Charlie Paul, a bartender who worked in New York, Paris and Royal Aquarium, London. Similar recipes had nevertheless already been published under other names a few years before.

Lemon Squash recipe published in 1884 by Charlie Paul

In short, you will have understood, Lemon Squash is quite simply the real recipe for a sparkling lemonade, with a few extra fruits.

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