Arnold Palmer
The Arnold Palmer is an alcohol-free drink: 4 ingredients, shaken and served in a collins. That makes 200 ml in the glass: a long drink.
MethodShaken
GlassCollins
In the glass200 ml
Strengthalcohol-free
Ingredients
- 60 mlcold black tea
- 37.5 mlfresh lemon juice
- 30 mlrich sugar syrup
- 30 mlsoda water
Method
- Shake the tea, lemon and syrup with ice.
- Strain into an ice-filled collins glass while also pouring the soda water.
Garnish: Garnish with a lemon wheel.
What it tastes like
- bitter → sweet
- It leans dry: 0.8 out of 10 of bitterness, 65th of 186.
- round → sour
- Citrus shows, but this is no sour: 54th of 186, and it comes from fresh lemon juice.
- light → strong
- No alcohol to speak of: 200 ml in the glass and under one degree, so it sits at the bottom of the axis with the other alcohol-free drinks.
Its closest neighbour is the Florida: 98 out of 100 for similarity.
Five that come close
- FloridaWith fresh orange juice in place of cold black tea and longer by 79 ml.
- CinderellaWith fresh orange juice in place of cold black tea and longer by 107 ml.
- Berry BlastMore sour and with cranberry juice in place of rich sugar syrup.
- Virgin MaryMore bitter and with tomato juice in place of cold black tea.
- Lemon SquashSweeter and with simple syrup in place of cold black tea.
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Recipe source: Difford's Guide · checked on 3 November 2026