Classic Cocktails · Vodka Cocktails
Cosmopolitan
Cranberry cocktail juice sweetness affects the drink. Unsweetened concentrated cranberry juice is not an equal-volume equivalent.
- Base spirit
- Vodka
- Origin
- USA
- Period
- 1980s–1990s
Ingredients
IBA official specification
- Citron vodka40 ml
- Cointreau15 ml
- Fresh lime juice15 ml
- Cranberry cocktail juice30 ml
- Glass
- Martini glass
- Ice
- Chilled, served without ice
- Garnish
- Orange twist
- Technique
- Shaken
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Prep time
- 4 min
Method
- 01
Chill the glass.
- 02
Shake all liquids with ice.
- 03
Double strain, express orange oils without flame and add the twist.
Tasting Notes
- Aroma
- Orange, lime and cranberry
- Finish
- Tart and clean
- Character
- A pink sour of citron vodka, orange liqueur, lime and cranberry.
Tasting scores are MIXY editorial assessments.
History & Background
The modern form developed through American bars in the 1980s–1990s. Cheryl Cook, Toby Cecchini and Dale DeGroff are linked to different stages; there is no undisputed sole-inventor story.
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