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Metropolitan (1993)

Name: Metropolitan (1993)
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 37.5 ml Mixed berry flavoured vodka; 22.5 ml Triple sec; 30 ml Cranberry juice; 15 ml Lime juice; 2 drop Saline solution 4:1

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Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
1 1/4 fl oz	Mixed berry (blackberry, blackcurrant, strawberry) flavoured vod
3/4 fl oz	Cointreau L'Unique triple sec liqueur
1 fl oz	Cranberry juice (sweetened)
1/2 fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
2 drop	Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Martini glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a MARTINI GLASS.
Prepare garnish of coin-sized orange zest twist (flamed).

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS flamed orange zest twist over cocktail, then use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Metropolitan (1993) contains 149 calories

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
16.27% alc./vol. (32.55° proof)
18.3 grams of pure alcohol

History

Created in 1993 by Chuck Coggins at Marion's Continental Restaurant & Lounge, New York City, using the recently launched Absolut Kurant Vodka. Incidentally, Marion's opened in 1950 by fashion model Marion Nagy, who came to the States after seeking asylum while swimming for Hungary in the Paris Peace Games after WWII.

Review

A Cosmopolitan with more than a hint of berry fruit.

Variations/similar cocktails

1884 Metropolitan Cocktail.

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Makes a minimum of 16.5 cocktails.
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