Name: Cosmopolitan cocktail (Toby Cecchini's recipe)
Prep time: 2 min
Total time: 2 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Vodka - Citrus flavoured; 22.5 ml Triple sec liqueur (40%); 22.5 ml Lime juice (freshly squeezed); 22.5 ml Cranberry juice (red)

Serve in a

Martini glass

Garnish:

Lime wedge

How to make:

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

1 1/2 fl oz	Ketel One Citroen vodka
3/4 fl oz	Triple sec liqueur (40%)
3/4 fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
3/4 fl oz	Cranberry juice
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Review:

This 2,1,1,1 original Cosmopolitan is slightly on the tart side of balanced with the citrus flavoured vodka shining over the other ingredients.

History:

The original Cosmopolitan cocktail recipe as created in 1988 by Toby Cecchini at The Odeon in New York City. Toby's recipe used the then newly launched Absolut Citron and Cointreau triple sec.

Also see the origin and story behind the Cosmopolitan cocktail.

More cocktails by Toby Cecchini