A pink, citrus-forward vodka sour, it balances Cointreau's orange sweetness against the tart snap of cranberry and fresh lime. Shaken cold and served up, it drinks crisp and elegant when poured dry rather than candy-sweet, with the cranberry lending colour and a gentle bite while the vodka keeps the frame clean and bright.
Garnish: Lime Wheel
Shaken · Coupe · Up
add
Combine vodka, Cointreau, cranberry juice, and fresh lime juice in a shaker filled with ice.
shake
Shake well until thoroughly chilled.
strain
Double-strain into a chilled coupe, served straight up without ice.
garnish
Garnish with a lime wheel (a flamed orange or lemon twist is a common alternative).
No single inventor can claim the Cosmopolitan: a Cosmopolitan Daisy surfaces as early as the 1930s, one account places the drink with Neal Murray in Minneapolis in 1975, and Cheryl Cook is often credited with a version served at the Strand in South Beach around 1985. The build most bartenders follow today was settled in 1989 at the Odeon in Manhattan, where Toby Cecchini and Melissa Huffsmith-Roth refined that South Beach pour into its modern form. Through the 1990s its fame grew, helped along by Dale DeGroff, sightings of Madonna holding one, and a starring role in Sex and the City.