Cosmopolitan cocktail recipe

In the 1980s there was a pink cocktail that was hugely popular, it featured rail vodka, Rose's lime juice, and grenadine. Toby Cecchini, whilst at The Odeon in Tribeca in 1988, set out to make his own version using fresh ingredients on hand. He created a simple sour with Absolut Citron vodka, Cointreau, fresh lime juice, and Ocean Spray cranberry juice, serving it up with a lemon twist.
INGREDIENTS
2 oz / 60 ml Absolut Citron vodka
1 oz / 30 ml Cointreau
1 oz / 30 ml lime juice
1 oz / 30 ml cranberry juice
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[@StevetheBartender_]

Do you LOVE the vodka cocktails!?

[@marionnette6231]

Slay

[@user-vt4fm8ip1s]

Yup

[@cydneystephen2814]

Love vodka cocktails. Sparkling French 🍸my fav, then a spicy pineapple and a pomegranate 🍸😋. Had a raspberry one at dinner Friday night and it was amazing 🙌🏼

[@enlighteningbrain8247]

Yes

[@enlighteningbrain8247]

Yes

[@SirZorgulon]

Hands down the best vodka cocktail. Just a great drink!

[@salamandrum]

Love this format
Perfect for recipes

[@larthallor]

Exquisite execution of the format.

[@roblo8188]

This my drink right here.
Used to host girls night and throw some Cosmos back 😋

[@rockyplayzyt3870]

I love your knowledge and videos

[@ssds86]

Gimme some❤ looks delish❤

[@giuseppepalumoofficial]

Best vodka cocktail right there! 👏

[@ThejeshwiniRamesh]

Yeah

[@VSS32542]

That's what I want right now❤

[@EvelynL.1112]

This is my mom's favorite cocktail

[@cocktailgummies]

This looks insane!

[@yourindianbartender]

Nice presentation ..

[@insane_rdy]

this is what we need to learn properly.. thanks mate

[@bingodeagle]

thats a strong one

[@canwedigit]

Looks awesome!

[@ThejeshwiniRamesh]

Best cocktail 🍸

[@ankitSharma43825]

perfect 💯👍

[@Crownful]

absolutely!

[@muchoway5170]

Love ❤️ it

[@MikeCuyp]

Good Job

[@lucasade1234]

My go to cocktail and served in a beautiful glass! Can I ask where it’s from please?

[@Stephenzgamer]

OK that's a nice cocktail 🍹

[@flavorous_frames]

Nice❤

[@EatSleepCook]

Making this for the GF tonight for sure

[@wafelsen]

I find I prefer the IBA Cosmo over this admittedly simpler ratio

[@A10GarciaBARCA]

Tequila cocktails! 😊

[@cale3418]

I love this. How do you edit your videos? Please

[@DrTentaCulo]

Does anyone know if the color or flavor of the cocktail changes with the new absolut citron color change from clear to yellow???

[@Binod_Sakti]

❤

[@lukemagee1515]

What’s the song called

[@MrBrown-it5sv]

Thank you for the recipe. I will make this for my wife, and also, what is the name of the background music?

[@lorrainewhiting9410]

❤❤❤😊

[@Dailyfoodandtravel]

🎉🎉🎉

[@Icocktaildelpres]

😍

[@nicolaisundblad1574]

More cranberry juice

[@Ezra_Okerio]

For those who are broke asf and wants a cocktail,just get a chilled glass of water and add lemon twist in it

[@priscillavillegas479]

Absolute Citron vodka 2 ounces 60
ml + 1 ounce 30 ml lemon juice. + 1 ounce 30 ml cointreau + 1 ounce 30 ml cranberry juice - double strain into chilled glass, garnishing with lemon peel

[@ERHAPNA_]

Add the tea bag

[@mrsugma]

You forgot the nutrition facts😂

[@StellaCB18]

Is ypur cranberry juice sweetend?

[@bholaduttbhatt7236]

❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@RajaDayirot]

Can u make cocktails but halal?

[@Cinemawithdilemma]

This drinkss on the housee when we touch 100 subscriberss😅

[@slikkazz212]

Im so confused. Why Citron?

[@lukeslevin517]

It's lemon infused

[@Funny_Chuti]

Good I’m du nice

[@user-go8cf2zb1w]

The garnish is flaming orange zest!
Other than that it's a great execution of the recipe.

[@StevetheBartender_]

The garnish is a flamed orange zest IF you are using Dale Degroff's recipe (the bartender who popularised the drink). Otherwise, if you are making the original Cosmopolitan spec by Toby Cecchini (like in this video) then you do not use a flamed orange zest.

[@Runge_was_here]

Not a big vodka guy (except for the espresso martini and white Russian) but always get a sip when my wife drinks a cosmo as a cranberry cocktail is just tasty 😂

[@KingsBro]

No way you can fit all that ingredients plus 30 ml of dilution in that glass Steve. People like you should present things with complete sense. Even I prefer the IBA proportions to make them for my customers. I believe that is more balanced than this. Cheers

[@TheNiktus]

Plz where is your beautiful smile!!!

[@rasmuschristoffersen1461]

Why double strain?

[@keatanc]

Tiny ice chunks that are like slush, 2nd strainer catches it so it doesnt dilute

[@KsenofonSaksa]

@@keatanc + lime pulp

[@sorasamaelac9082]

I hate when people say that that is too sour bc has no sweetener… bruh, you asked me for a cosmo i make a cosmo and you better drink it. They always return it saying it’s not a cosmo and I add a dash of simple syrup and they “love” it, I hate the city where I live :’((

[@ErikRed56]

dont be a purist, the customers are right. It depends on the cranberry juice, you can have sweet or more sour juice.

[@LemonMeIon]

@@ErikRed56 I know some bars will use cran-apple or cran-pineapple for more sweetness.
Honestly though a barspoon or two of syrup does round out a lot of dryish drinks like the sidecar or margarita. You can also use a sweeter curaçao.

[@AssenFrank]

Yeah I mean you gotta balance the taste. Too sour anything is not nice and when you pay over 10 bucks for a drink it better tastes good

[@Theonlymalandro]

Don’t use lime
I’ve been thought to use vodka,cranberry and triple sec
1 1/2 Vodka
2 Cranberry
And 1/2 triple sec

[@anthonygomez2901]

Any dudes in here?😂😂

[@spaal6115]

I gotta say, something about absolut Citron just doesn’t taste right to me. The lemon flavor feels very artificial and I can’t even enjoy it mixed among the other ingredients of the cocktail. Think I’ll stick to straight vodka for this one

[@ilzt8504]

Just use regular vodka. Absolut citron is disgusting.

[@SirZorgulon]

You can also infuse your own vodka with lemons vary easily. No reason to buy Absolut Citron at all!

[@giovannicollu7007]

In this cocktail the double strain doesn't have sense

[@Chris-xj8yr]

Lime juice

[@jackhughes7637]

Of course it does

[@yamatostukhelm9626]

It’s an orange peel not a a lemon peel

[@StevetheBartender_]

No, it wasn’t originally.. Toby Cecchini was the person who made the Cosmopolitan in this form around 1988 and he chose to garnish it with lemon.
You are referring to a later version by Dale Degroff which he made in the early to mid ‘90s and later published in his book in 2002. He popularised the flames orange zest in a Cosmo.
So technically speaking it was originally lemon peel… but of course, you can use either depending on your preference.

[@no1sawfan]

way too much lime

[@StevetheBartender_]

It’s Toby Cechini’s original recipe. Have you actually tried it?

[@zerospice7173]

Let's just stop making cosmopolitans please

[@GiftEmakporGiftEmakpor]

How we I get the receipt pls

[@StevetheBartender_]

The recipe is on the screen otherwise it's one of the many cocktails featured in my cocktail book: cocktailguide.com

[@rv264]

Why do we strain it ? Nice recipe 😊

[@erinwhipple4666]

To keep the ice from spilling out of the shaker

[@jokur2630]

…and to remove pieces of lime or seeds

[@1234321Magic]

No cocktail deserves to be ruined with abolute vodka

[@Jdiamondhands]

Sorry…flamed orange peel is the garnish …

[@StevetheBartender_]

No, it wasn’t originally.. Toby Cecchini was the person who made the Cosmopolitan in this form around 1988 and he chose to garnish it with lemon peel.
You are referring to a later version by Dale Degroff which he made in the early to mid ‘90s and later published in his book in 2002. He popularised the flamed orange zest in a Cosmo.
So technically speaking it was originally lemon peel… but of course, you can use either depending on your preference.

[@jessicazaytsoff1494]

Why double strain?

[@jameswright4236]

Helps to get those last little ice chips out and prevent further dilution in the glass.
I usually also do so if I use something like fresh pineapple juice so I get rid of some of the bits in there.

[@SirZorgulon]

@@jameswright4236 it’s mostly a textural/aesthetic choice. The volume of extra water that makes it into the drink as tiny ice shards will be negligible. Dilution will depend far more on the original volume of ice and time spent in the shaker.

[@davidcattin7006]

@@SirZorgulon Glad you said this. I personally like the texture of the ice shards and citrus pulp. Cheers from Indiana!