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Citron Pressé

Name: Citron Pressé
Total time: 5 min
Yield: Serves 1
Cuisine: France
Ingredients: 1 Lemon; 150ml (cold) Water; 2–3 tsp Sugar; 3–4 cubes Ice

Drink

⏱ 5 min

👥 Serves 1

Difficulty ⭐

Citron pressé is the classic French café lemonade: fresh lemon juice served with water and sugar so you mix it to your own taste.

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📖 The Story Behind This Drink

Order it at a French café and you get a glass of freshly squeezed lemon juice, a carafe of water, and sugar or syrup on the side, so you can make it as strong or sweet as you like. It’s an old-fashioned, still homemade-style lemonade.

🌆 Where it’s enjoyed: On a summer café terrace in Paris, someone adds water from the carafe to their lemon juice, stirs in sugar, and watches the street go by.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 1)

Lemon 1
Water 150ml (cold)
Sugar 2–3 tsp
Ice 3–4 cubes

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Halve the lemon, squeeze the juice, and remove any seeds.
Dissolve the sugar in an equal amount of hot water so it mixes easily into cold water.
Put the lemon juice and ice in a glass.
Add the cold water, then stir in the sugar syrup a little at a time to taste.

💡 Tips for Success

For café style, set out the juice, a carafe of water, and sugar separately so each person mixes their own.
Made with orange it’s an orange pressée.
Top with sparkling water for a crisp lemon soda.

🍽 Goes Well With

Salade Niçoise

Croque Monsieur

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