Contents
Ingredients
Citrus vodka – 40 ml
Cointreau – 15 ml
Lime juice – 15 ml
Cranberry juice – 30 ml
How to make a cocktail
Pour all the ingredients into a shaker with ice cubes.
Shake well.
Strain into a cocktail glass.
A classic cocktail garnish is an orange zest or a lime wedge.
* Use this simple Cosmopolitan cocktail recipe to make your own unique mix at home. To do this, it is enough to replace the base alcohol with the one that is available.
Cocktail variations Cosmopolitan
Blue Cosmopolitan
Instead of Cointreau, Blue Curaçao is used.
Cosmocello
An Italian version of the Cosmopolitan, Limoncello is added instead of lime juice.
Apple Cosmopolitan
Cranberry juice is replaced with apple juice.
Orange Cosmopolitan
Cranberry juice is replaced with orange.
History of the Cosmopolitan cocktail
According to the main legend, the cocktail was specially created for Absolute Citron vodka, which has a lemon flavor.
According to another version, the authorship of the cocktail belongs to the female bartender Cheryl Cook, who worked in the resort town of South Beach in Florida.
In an interview with Cheryl Cooke in 1985, she claims that she single-handedly came up with the Cosmopolitan.
Although it is known for certain that at least 10 years before that, he was popular in gay bars in the United States.
Cheryl Cooke’s recipe looked like this: Absolut Citron vodka, triple sec orange liqueur, lemon juice, and some cranberries, which gave the cocktail its signature pinkish tint.
Bartender Toby Zizzini, who worked in New York, created his own version of the cocktail, based on Cook’s recipe. He replaced Triple Sec with Cointreau. This composition has become a classic.
As already mentioned, the cocktail was popular only in gay clubs for a long time, but after the release of the film Sex and the City, in which the main characters drank this particular drink, it became popular all over the world.
Cosmopolitan video recipe
Cocktail variations Cosmopolitan
Blue Cosmopolitan
Instead of Cointreau, Blue Curaçao is used.
Cosmocello
An Italian version of the Cosmopolitan, Limoncello is added instead of lime juice.
Apple Cosmopolitan
Cranberry juice is replaced with apple juice.
Orange Cosmopolitan
Cranberry juice is replaced with orange.
History of the Cosmopolitan cocktail
According to the main legend, the cocktail was specially created for Absolute Citron vodka, which has a lemon flavor.
According to another version, the authorship of the cocktail belongs to the female bartender Cheryl Cook, who worked in the resort town of South Beach in Florida.
In an interview with Cheryl Cooke in 1985, she claims that she single-handedly came up with the Cosmopolitan.
Although it is known for certain that at least 10 years before that, he was popular in gay bars in the United States.
Cheryl Cooke’s recipe looked like this: Absolut Citron vodka, triple sec orange liqueur, lemon juice, and some cranberries, which gave the cocktail its signature pinkish tint.
Bartender Toby Zizzini, who worked in New York, created his own version of the cocktail, based on Cook’s recipe. He replaced Triple Sec with Cointreau. This composition has become a classic.
As already mentioned, the cocktail was popular only in gay clubs for a long time, but after the release of the film Sex and the City, in which the main characters drank this particular drink, it became popular all over the world.
Cosmopolitan video recipe