Limoncello Tools
1) A one-gallon glass jar with a screw-on lid: Home Goods is a good place to get these for a reasonable price. You can get smaller ones for smaller batches but I wouldn’t recommend it unless space is really THAT tight for you. I’d also recommend having 4 of them if you plan to make enough Limoncello for your friends too.
2) A permanent coffee filter. You can buy these at any grocery store and the ones with the flat bottom are best.
3) A supply of paper coffee filters, again, the flat bottom ones are best.
4) Bottles with caps
5) A Microplane Zester
Many of the mistakes I initially made on my first batches were because of zesting errors. Peelers, power zesters, contraptions that fit in your palm, I’ve tried them all and for the purposes of making Limoncello they all suck. Ignore this warning at your own peril, a microplane zester costs less than $10 and is an indispensable tool for making Limoncello.
6) A Brita pitcher (or comparable product) and a supply of filters
7) A ladel
8) A funnel
9) Not completely necessary, but it’s a waste not to use the rest of the lemon after zesting so I recommend a citrus press to extract the juice from the lemons efficiently. I bought a decent one at Home Goods for about ten bucks.
10) Labels or paper and scotch tape
11) A vegetable brush or other plastic scrub brush for cleaning the lemons