Let’s start by explaining why we gave this name to our article, by telling how popular the Cosmopolitan cocktail has become. Cosmopolitan, which is constantly drunk at home and ordered at every bar by the Sex and the City series character Carrie Bradshaw, became the favorite cocktail among the followers of the series all of a sudden when it also appeared on cocktail posters of the series actors and gained its current fame.
Cosmopolitan, which is also one of Absolut Vodka’s official cocktails, has a not too sweet, not too sour taste and a dominant flavor, so it doesn’t cause discomfort when you drink 2-3 in a row, and it has a very stylish appearance.
That’s Enough Information. What Ingredients Do We Need?
- Vodka
- Orange Liqueur
- Cranberry or Cherry Juice
- Lemon Juice
- 1 Lime
Let’s Prepare Our Cocktail…
Before we start preparing our cocktail, let’s say that the official recipe of Cosmopolitan uses cranberry juice, also known as blueberry, but we will use cherry juice, which we mix with a little lemon juice as it tastes very similar to cranberry juice and it is somewhat harder to find cranberry juice. Of course, if you can find cranberry juice, you can use it in your cocktail.
We start by putting 3-5 ice cubes into our shaker, and adding 1 shot of vodka, 2/3 shot of orange liqueur, 3/2 shot of cherry juice, and 1/2 shot of lime juice (you can use lemon juice if you can’t find lime) to the shaker, and shaking our cocktail until it is mixed well. We prefer to put 1-2 pieces of ice into a Martini or Margarita glass, and pour our cocktail into our glass. We can put a full slice of orange in the glass to garnish our cocktail, or we can attach a full slice of lime to the edge of the glass. Don’t forget, Cosmopolitan cocktail is not drunk with a straw, it is drunk from the glass.
“Miranda: Why did you stop drinking Cosmopolitan?
Carrie: Because everyone started drinking Cosmopolitan.”