TOP 10 cocktails with Cointreau liqueur (Cointreau)

We present to your attention the 10 best Cointreau cocktail recipes according to the editors of the AlcoFan website. When compiling the rating, we were guided by popularity, taste and ease of preparation at home (availability of ingredients).

Cointreau is a 40% ABV transparent orange liqueur produced in France.

1. “Margarita”

One of the world’s most popular cocktails, the recipe originated in Mexico in the 30s and 40s.

Composition and proportions:

• tequila (transparent) – 40 ml;
• Cointreau – 20 ml;
• lime juice – 40 ml;
• ice.

Recipe

1. Add tequila, Cointreau and lime juice to a shaker with ice.
2. Shake, pour the finished cocktail through a bar strainer into a serving glass with a rim of salt.
3. Garnish with a lime wedge if desired.

2. “Kamikaze”

The recipe appeared at the end of World War II in Japan. The cocktail is named after the suicide pilots who rammed American ships on planes filled with explosives.

Composition and proportions:

• vodka – 30 ml;
• Cointreau – 30 ml;
• lemon juice – 30 ml;
• ice.

Recipe

1. Mix all ingredients in a shaker.
2. Pour through a strainer into a serving glass.
3. Decorate with a lemon wedge.

3. Lynchburg Lemonade

Strong (18-20% vol.) cocktail based on Cointreau and bourbon. The recipe was invented in 1980 in the American city of Lynchburg.

Composition and proportions:

• bourbon (in the classic version of Jack Daniels) – 50 ml;
• Cointreau liqueur – 50 ml;
• Sprite or 7UP – 30 ml;
• sugar syrup – 10-15 ml (optional);
• ice.

Recipe

1. Mix bourbon, Cointreau and sugar syrup in a shaker with ice.
2. Pour the resulting mixture through a bar sieve into a tall serving glass filled with ice.
3. Add soda, do not stir. Garnish with a lemon wedge. Serve with a straw.

4. Depth Charge

The name alludes to the quick intoxicating effect that the mixture of tequila and Cointreau with beer causes.

Composition and proportions:

• light beer – 300 ml;
• golden tequila – 50 ml;
• Cointreau – 10 ml;
• Blue Curacao – 10 ml;
• strawberry liqueur 10 ml.

Recipe

1. Fill glass with cold beer.
2. Gently lower a glass of tequila into the glass.
3. With a bar spoon, lay 3 layers of liqueurs on top of the foam in the indicated sequence: Blue Curaçao, Cointreau, strawberry.
4. Drink in one gulp.

5. “Singapore sling”

The cocktail is considered a national treasure of Singapore. The taste is almost impossible to confuse with other cocktails, but rare ingredients are required for preparation.

Composition and proportions:

• gin – 30 ml;
• cherry liqueur – 15 ml;
• Benedictine liqueur – 10 ml;
• Cointreau liqueur – 10 ml;
• grenadine (pomegranate syrup) – 10 ml;
• pineapple juice – 120 ml;
• lime juice – 15 ml;
• beater Angostura – 2-3 drops.

Recipe

1. Mix all ingredients in a shaker with ice. Shake for at least 20 seconds.
2. Pour the finished cocktail through a bar sieve into a tall glass filled with ice.
3. Garnish with a pineapple wedge or cherry. Serve with a straw.

6. «B-52»

The recipe was invented in 1955 in one of the Malibu bars. The cocktail is named after the American strategic bomber Boing B-52 Stratofortress, which entered service with the US Army around the same time.

Composition and proportions:

• Kalua coffee liqueur – 20 ml;
• creamy liqueur Baileys – 20 ml;
• Cointreau – 20 ml.

Recipe

1. Pour coffee liqueur into a shot.
2. Place Baileys on top of a knife blade or bar spoon.
3. Using the same method, add the third layer – Cointreau.

7. Green Mile

According to legend, Moscow bartenders came up with the recipe, but for a long time they did not tell the visitor about it, considering this cocktail to be elite and intended for their closed party.

Composition and proportions:

• absinthe – 30 ml;
• Cointreau – 30 ml;
• kiwi – 1 piece;
• fresh meta – 1 branch.

Recipe

1. Peel the kiwi, cut into pieces and place in a blender. There also add absinthe and Cointreau.
2. Beat for 30-40 seconds until the mass becomes homogeneous.
3. Pour the cocktail into a martini glass (cocktail glass).
4. Garnish with a sprig of mint and a slice of kiwi.

8. Long Island Ice Tea

“Long Island iced tea” appeared during Prohibition in the United States (1920-1933) and was served in establishments under the guise of harmless tea.

Composition and proportions:

• silver tequila – 20 ml;
• golden rum – 20 ml;
• vodka – 20 ml;
• Cointreau – 20 ml;
• gin – 20 ml;
• lemon juice – 20 ml;
• cola – 100 ml;
• ice.

Recipe

1. Fill a tall glass with ice.
2. Add ingredients in the following order: gin, vodka, rum, tequila, Cointreau, juice and cola.
3. Stir with a spoon.
4. Garnish with a lemon wedge. Serve with a straw.

9. “Cosmopolitan”

A women’s cocktail with Cointreau, originally created to support the Absolut Citron brand. But then the cocktail was quickly forgotten. The popularity of the drink came in 1998 after the release of the TV series Sex and the City, the heroines of which drank this cocktail in every episode.

Composition and proportions:

• vodka (plain or with lemon flavor) – 45 ml;
• Cointreau – 15 ml;
• cranberry juice – 30 ml;
• lime juice – 8 ml;
• ice.

Recipe

1. Mix all ingredients in a shaker with ice.
2. Pour the cocktail through a strainer into a martini glass.
3. Garnish with a cherry if desired.

10. Sidecar

Sidecar in bartending jargon – a container for draining the remnants of cocktails.

Composition and proportions:

• cognac – 50 ml;
• Cointreau – 50 ml;
• lemon juice – 20 ml;
• sugar – 10 grams (optional);
• ice.

Recipe

1. Make a sugar border on the glass (brush the edges with lemon juice, then roll in sugar).
2. In a shaker with ice, mix cognac, Cointreau and lemon juice.
3. Pour the finished cocktail into a glass through a bar sieve.