About this Cocktail

Type: Martini Cocktails

Also known as: Cosmo

The Cosmopolitan cocktail (or Cosmo) combines cranberry, citrus and vodka.

This sweet pink drink was popularized in the 1990s by the TV show 'Sex in the City', in which its main character Carrie Bradshaw favoured Cosmos over Martinis.

Although there are versions dating back to the early 1930s, the earliest relative appears to be a drink created by Ocean Spray in the 1960s called the Harpoon, which combined vodka, fresh cranberry and lime juce.

In the 1980s, Cheryl Cook claims to have created the Cosmopolitan at The Strand bar in Miami, USA. Her recipe was based on citrus vodka and Rose’s lime cordial. A few years later, Toby Cecchini is said to have replaced lime cordial with fresh lime juice while working at the Passerby bar in New York.

This recipe is the most popular today.

Contributor: Book of Cocktails

How to Make it

Ingredients

1 1/2 shot Vodka (Citrus Flavoured)

1/2 shot Cointreau Triple Sec Liqueur

1 shot Cranberry Juice

1/4 shot Lime Juice

Garnishes

1 twist Orange Zest

Choice of Cocktail Glass

Martini Glass

Detailed Method

Shake all 4 ingredients with ice for a few seconds.

Fine strain into a chilled Martini glass.

Add an orange zest twist in the drink to garnish.

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