Cosmopolitan柯夢波丹

Name: Cosmopolitan 柯夢波丹
Ingredients: Vodka 40 ml; Triple Sec 15 ml; Lime Juice 15 ml; Cranberry Juice 30 ml

Flavour

Aroma: Fruity
Body: Crisp
Taste: SourSweetBerry
Colour: Red
Style: Short drink

Ingredients

Vodka40 ml
Triple Sec15 ml
Lime Juice15 ml
Cranberry Juice30 ml

Served

Glass: Martini glass
Ice: Served up
Garnish: Lemon twist
Technique: Shake

Method

Shake everything with ice, strain into a chilled cocktail glass and express a lemon twist over the surface.

About this drink

It took its modern shape in the late 1980s; accounts of who made it first differ, and the version most often cited is Toby Cecchini's in New York. Cranberry gives the colour, triple sec and citrus the balance. By the 1990s it had become shorthand for the urban cocktail.