Expense: Light
Taste: fruity, fresh, slightly sweet
Ingredients
- 4 cl lemon vodka (e.g. Absolut Citron)
- 1.5 cl Cointreau (orange liqueur)
- 3 cl cranberry juice (alternatively nectar)
- 1.5 cl freshly squeezed lime juice
- Ice cubes
preparation
- Fill a cocktail shaker with ice cubes.
- Add lemon vodka, Cointreau, cranberry juice and lime juice one after the other.
- Shake the mixture well in the shaker for 15-20 seconds.
- Strain the Cosmopolitan through a bar strainer without ice into the prepared cocktail glass.
Helpful tips for preparation:
5 cl corresponds to 50 ml (about a small shot glass full).
1 cl corresponds to 10 ml (about a teaspoonful).
History and Origin
The origins of the Cosmopolitan cocktail are somewhat convoluted, with several people claiming to have invented it. The most popular theory is that it was created in the 1980s by Cheryl Cook, the Martini Queen of South Beach. She mixed Absolut Citron with Cointreau, a little lime juice and added cranberry juice to create a gorgeous pink. The cocktail quickly became popular, especially after it was prominently featured in the TV series "Sex and the City," and is now considered a modern classic.
