Name: Metropolitan
Prep time: 3 min
Total time: 3 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Vodka - Blackcurrant flavoured; 30 ml Triple sec (e.g. Cointreau); 45 ml Cranberry juice (sweetened); 15 ml Lime juice (freshly squeezed); 7.5 ml Lime cordial (sweetened lime juice)

Serve in a

Martini glass

Garnish:

Orange zest twist (flamed)

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.

1 fl oz	Blackcurrant flavoured vodka
1 fl oz	Triple sec liqueur (40% alc./vol.)
1 1/2 fl oz	Cranberry juice (sweetened)
1/2 fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
1/4 fl oz	Lime cordial (sweetened lime juice)
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Review:

A Cosmo with more than a hint of blackcurrant.

History:

Created in 1993 by Chuck Coggins at Marion's Continental Restaurant & Lounge, New York City. Marion's was originally 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.
Manhattan cocktail history

Nutrition:

One serving of Metropolitan contains 162 calories.

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
15.18% alc./vol. (30.36° proof)
19.4 grams of pure alcohol

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