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bacchant036

By bacchant036
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bacchant036

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having just picked up vintage spirits and forgotten cocktails, a treasure trove of fantastic drinks i've stumbled back across a measurement query of mine.

how much juice is in 1/2 a lemon, a lime, or 1/4 of an orange?

and what kind of orange for that matter?

always find it strange that a cocktail can have a different name depending on say the ratio of cognac to lemon and cointreau (ie ritz sidecar vs sidecar) but be so vague on another aspect of volume?

is there a standardised measurement to relate to the above quantities?

'the trouble with jogging is that the ice falls out of your glass'

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slkinsey

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Yea, I thought that was weird, too. Or at least weird that books using these measurements (most likely for historical reasons) don't mention what they expect the usual juice per lemon/lime/etc. to be.

I've had lemons with one ounce of juice... I've had lemons with 2 ounces.

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