Cosmopolitan Never Goes Out of Style
According to liquor.com, the legendary Cosmopolitan is a simple cocktail with a big history. It reached its height of popularity in the 1990s, when the HBO show “Sex and the City” was at its peak. The pink-hued Martini was a favorite of the characters on the show.
Gary Regan said that the original Cosmopolitan was created by South Beach bartender Cheryl Cook. Eager to invent a new cocktail for the Martini glass, Cook riffed on the classic Kamikaze using a newly introduced citrus-flavored vodka plus a splash of cranberry juice.
There’s some debate about who created the original Cosmopolitan, whether it was Cook, Dale DeGroff (at New York City's Rainbow Room) or Toby Cecchini, who devised a Cosmo in 1988 during his tenure at NYC’s Odeon. However, all agree that Cecchini popularized the vodka-and-cranberry ’Tini.
This spin on the martini remains just as tasty today as when Carrie Bradshaw made it famous. Try this recipe and tell us what you think.
Ingredients:
1.5 oz citrus vodka
1 oz Cointreau
.5 oz lime juice
.25 oz cranberry juice
Preparation:
Build all ingredients in a shaker tin with ice and shake.
Strain into a martini glass and garnish with lime wheel or zest.
