Derivative · Brandy
Cyprus Sour
The Cypriot (or Cyprus) brandy sour was created for King Farouk of Egypt. It involves using lemon squash as a sweetener instead of simple syrup.
Ingredients
- 1lemon slice
- 2 ozbrandy
- 3 ozlemon squash
- 2 dashesAngostura bitters
- Rim withsugar
Method
- To make lemon squash, mix equal parts freshly squeezed lemon juice and sugar on a stovetop and slowly bring to boil
- Let mixture cool and store in refridgerator
- Wet rim of rocks glass with lemon wedge and dip in sugar to rim
- Fill glass with ice then add brandy, lemon squash, and bitters
- Stir and garnish with lemon slice
History
When King Farouk of Egypt visited Cyprus in the 1930s, this drink disguised to look like an iced tea was created for him to imbibe (alcoholic consumption was forbidden to him as per Islamic tradition). Lemon squash was used as sweetener (effectively lemon syrup) rather than plain simple syrup - the lemons in cyprus are quite bitter and so had to be sweetened first before becoming palatable.
Flavour
Sweet
Bitter
Sour
Boozy
Details
- Glass
- Rocks
- Garnish
- Lemon wheel and brandied cherry
- Technique
- built
Family
Derived from
Brandy sour - lemon squash replaces syrupCompared with Brandy sour
What changes: lemon squash replaces syrup.
Brandy sour
- 1 ½ ozbrandy
- ¾ ozlemon juice
- ¾ ozsimple syrup
- 1egg white
Cyprus Sour
- 1lemon slice
- 2 ozbrandy
- 3 ozlemon squash
- 2 dashesAngostura bitters
- Rim withsugar
Green = new ingredient · Gold = different amount · Red = not used in Cyprus Sour