Yellow cocktail with lemon and thyme in a collins glass

This ain’t the lemonade you sold as a kid. (Because it’s elevated and fancy — not because there’s any booze!)

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Drink Recipes

An Elevated Lemonade for Adults!

(And no, it doesn't have any alcohol!)

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May 15, 2024 4:44 pm

This mocktail is a riff on the most classic summer drink of all…one that you’ve been drinking since childhood: lemonade. This one, the whimsically named Fluffy Lemonade, is served at the Apparatus Room in the great city of Detroit. “When designing a mocktail recipe, I always focus on simplicity and uniqueness to really present a surprising effect for the palette,” says lead bartender Petr Balcarovsky. These ingredients “offer simplicity, yet bring a full mouthfeel which may resemble an experience of an Italian cream soda, or a citrus-sicle, with a balanced amount of richness…while the garnish of a thyme sprig brings subtle herbal notes to the nose. Enjoy!”

Fluffy Lemonade

Servings: 1 cocktail

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Ingredients

3 Tbsp. lemon juice
2 Tbsp. simple syrup or agave syrup
2 Tbsp. water
1 ½ Tbsp. condensed milk
Thyme spring, for garnish
Twist of lemon, for garnish

Directions

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1. Combine all ingredients into a shaker filled with ice and shake.
2. Strain into a Collins glass over crushed ice.
3. Garnish with the thyme sprig and lemon twist.