Saint Clements
The Saint Clements is an alcohol-free drink: 2 ingredients in equal parts, built in the glass and served in a collins. That makes 207 ml in the glass: a long drink.
MethodBuilt in the glass
GlassCollins
In the glass207 ml
Strengthalcohol-free
Ingredients
- 90 mlfresh orange juice
- 90 mlbitter lemon
Method
- Pour both ingredients into an ice-filled collins glass.
- Stir briefly.
Garnish: Garnish with a citrus wedge.
What it tastes like
- bitter → sweet
- It sits between bitter and sweet: 1.0 out of 10 of bitterness, 83rd of 186 for sweetness.
- round → sour
- A sour through and through: 11th of 186 for acidity, carried by fresh orange juice.
- light → strong
- No alcohol to speak of: 207 ml in the glass and under one degree, so it sits at the bottom of the axis with the other alcohol-free drinks.
It is the most bitter of the group around it: 1.0 out of 10.
Five that come close
- Lemon SquashWith soda water in place of fresh orange juice and shorter by 34 ml.
- Real LemonadeWith soda water in place of fresh orange juice and longer by 41 ml.
- Not so CosmoWith cranberry juice in place of bitter lemon and shorter by 55 ml.
- PussyfootSweeter and with fresh lemon juice in place of bitter lemon.
- Mimosa6 degrees stronger and built on vino.
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Recipe source: Difford's Guide · checked on 3 November 2026