Position of text within the block element - html

Question

I need to make sure that if the text line is too long, it does not go above the price, but goes to a second line as soon as it approached the block with the price. I hope this makes sense. Please refer to the line 'Green tea with a tiny piece of lemon'. The word 'of' should not go above the line, it should have moved to the second line.
Any ideas how to fix this?
.lst {
font-family: montserrat;
width: 300px;
list-style-type: none;
position: relative;
}
ul.lst li {
position: relative;
}
ul.lst li a {
text-decoration: none;
color: #252525;
display: block;
padding: 5px;
position: relative;
border-bottom: 2px solid #f3f2e8;
z-index: 2;
}
ul.lst li em {
font-style: normal;
float: right;
width: 25%;
color: orange;
}
ul.lst li span {
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 0;
display: block;
height: 100%;
text-indent: -9999px;
background: #BFD3EE;
opacity: 0.5;
}
ul.lst li:hover span {
background: #658BBB;
}
ul.lst li:hover a{
color: #61304B;
}
ul.lst li:hover em{
color: #61304B;
}
<ul class="lst">
<li>Americano<em>$2.24</em><span style="width:20%">20%</span></li>
<li>Green tea with a tiny piece of lemon<em>$22.50</em><span style="width: 50%">50%</span></li>
<li>Black Tea<em>$2</em><span style="width: 75%">75%</span></li>
<li>Black coffee<em>$2</em><span style="width: 90%">90%</span></li>
<li>Latte<em>$2</em><span style="width: 50%">100%</span></li>
</ul>

Answer 1

You can set display: flex on a and that should fix the problem.
.lst {
font-family: montserrat;
width: 300px;
list-style-type: none;
position: relative;
}
ul.lst li {
position: relative;
}
ul.lst li a {
text-decoration: none;
color: #252525;
display: flex;
align-items: center;
padding: 5px;
position: relative;
border-bottom: 2px solid #f3f2e8;
z-index: 2;
}
ul.lst li em {
font-style: normal;
margin-left: auto;
width: 25%;
color: orange;
}
ul.lst li span {
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 0;
display: block;
height: 100%;
text-indent: -9999px;
background: #BFD3EE;
opacity: 0.5;
}
ul.lst li:hover span {
background: #658BBB;
}
ul.lst li:hover a {
color: #61304B;
}
ul.lst li:hover em {
color: #61304B;
}
<ul class="lst">
<li>Americano<em>$2.24</em><span style="width:20%">20%</span></li>
<li>Green tea with a tiny piece of lemon<em>$22.50</em><span style="width: 50%">50%</span></li>
<li>Black Tea<em>$2</em><span style="width: 75%">75%</span></li>
<li>Black coffee<em>$2</em><span style="width: 90%">90%</span></li>
<li>Latte<em>$2</em><span style="width: 50%">100%</span></li>
</ul>

Answer 2

Change a structure of your HTML a little bit and change your <a> to flexbox i.e. from display: block to display: flex.
Have a look at the snippet below:
.lst {
font-family: montserrat;
width: 300px;
list-style-type: none;
position: relative;
}
ul.lst li {
position: relative;
}
ul.lst li a {
text-decoration: none;
color: #252525;
display: flex;
padding: 5px;
position: relative;
border-bottom: 2px solid #f3f2e8;
z-index: 2;
}
ul.lst li a .text {
flex: 1;
}
ul.lst li em {
font-style: normal;
float: right;
width: 25%;
color: orange;
}
ul.lst li span {
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 0;
display: block;
height: 100%;
text-indent: -9999px;
background: #BFD3EE;
opacity: 0.5;
}
ul.lst li:hover span {
background: #658BBB;
}
ul.lst li:hover a{
color: #61304B;
}
ul.lst li:hover em{
color: #61304B;
}
<ul class="lst">
<li>
<a href="#">
<div class="text">Americano</div>
<em>$2.24</em>
</a>
<span style="width:20%">20%</span>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#">
<div class="text">Green tea with a tiny piece of lemon</div>
<em>$22.50</em>
</a>
<span style="width: 50%">50%</span></li>
<li>
<a href="#">
<div class="text">Black Tea</div>
<em>$2</em>
</a>
<span style="width: 75%">75%</span>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#">
<div class="text">Black coffee</div>
<em>$2</em>
</a>
<span style="width: 90%">90%</span>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#">
<div class="text">Latte</div>
<em>$2</em>
</a>
<span style="width: 50%">100%</span>
</li>
</ul>
Hope this helps!

Answer 3

How about the price with absolute position and some padding for the link text so it doesn't go on the price? something like this:
ul.lst li a {
text-decoration: none;
color: #252525;
display: block;
padding: 5px;
position: relative;
border-bottom: 2px solid #f3f2e8;
z-index: 2;
padding-right: 60px;
}
ul.lst li em {
font-style: normal;
float: right;
color: orange;
position: absolute;
right: 0;
width: auto;
}