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Cosmopolitan Cocktail (Dale DeGroff's recipe)
This is the definitive Cosmo recipe from the man most associated with the drink's development and popularity
Suzy Francis
18th July 2024 at 00:36
Created this account to say this: Eager cranberry juice isnt your best bet as its main ingredient is actually Apple juice - only 26% cranberry juice. I found the cosmos i made with this tasted weird - i prefer ocean spray :)
18th July 2024 at 07:32
100% cranberry juice is so intense and bitter that it is undrinkable (courtesy of Ocean Spray; years ago, I was sent samples to test as a cocktail ingredient). Hence, all cranberry juice drink products are diluted with other ingredients. Perhaps better that’s with other naturally sweet fruit juices than water and sugar/sweeteners. Please see “Ocean Spray Cranberry Classic Juice Drink” ingredients: “Water, Cranberry Juice from Concentrate (24%), Milled Cranberry Purée (4%), Sugar, Vitamin C, Flavourings, Sweetener (Steviol Glycosides from Stevia).”
18th July 2024 at 07:51
Correction - Ocean Spray has two products in the UK with 24% cranberry juice from concentrate in their ‘Cranberry Original Juice Drink’ and 27% for their ‘Cranberry Classic’.