Name: London Cosmopolitan
Prep time: 4 min
Total time: 4 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 37.5 ml Gin; 22.5 ml Triple sec; 30 ml Cranberry juice (sweetened); 15 ml Lime juice (freshly squeezed); 2 Saline solution 4:1

Serve in a

Martini glass

Garnish:

Orange zest twist (discarded)

How to make:

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

1 1/4 fl oz	Gin
3/4 fl oz	Cointreau triple sec liqueur
1 fl oz	Cranberry juice (sweetened)
1/2 fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
2 drop	Saline solution 4:1 (20g sea salt to 80g water)
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Review:

A Cosmopolitan but made with London dry gin in place of vodka.

History:

A subtle twist on the classic Cosmopolitan created in 2008 by yours truly at The Cabinet Room in London, England.
Cosmopolitan cocktail history.

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Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
17.59% alc./vol. (35.18° proof)
18.5 grams of pure alcohol

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