Start by prepping your glass and garnish.
Cut a lemon into wedges.
Pour sugar in a thin layer on a saucer.
Using a lemon wedge, rub it on the rim of your shot glass to dampen it. Then, run your shot glass rim into the sugar so it is coated.
Next, take a lemon wedge and coat each side in sugar.
Fill cocktail shaker with ice
Add 1 oz of vodka to cocktail shaker
Add ½ oz of simple syrup to cocktail shaker
Add ½ of lemon juice to cocktail shaker
Place top on shaker and shake well
Remove top and replace with Hawthorne strainer
Pour liquid from shaker into shot glass
Take the shot, quickly followed by sucking the sugar off the lemon wedge.