Vodka: Cosmopolitan

By Mark Bittman

Vodka: Cosmopolitan
Yunhee Kim for The New York Times. Drink stylist: Brian Preston-Campbell. Prop stylist: Theo Vamvounakis.
Total Time
2 minutes
Rating
4(209)
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A little more dressy than the working-class vodka cranberry. The cosmopolitan is just that, a little sip of sophistication (and a throw-back to the “Sex and the City” girls).

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Ingredients

  • 1½tablespoons lime juice
  • 1½tablespoons of triple sec
  • 1tablespoon cranberry juice
  • ¼cup vodka
  • Soda
  • Garnish: orange twist
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Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Add lime juice, triple sec and cranberry juice to the vodka and soda. Shake and strain into a chilled glass. Garnish: orange twist.

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Bill H

Use Cointreau instead of Triple sec; use no soda, and jack up the amount of cranberry juice to 2/3 the volume of vodka. That’s a Cosmo!

Dean

3/4 oz lime juice 3/4 oz triple sec or Cointreau 1/2 oz lime juice 2 oz vodka Drinks are made by bartenders, not cooks.

Denise Evangelatos

I changed nothing, and the drinks were cheerful and refreshing.

Mary and Eric

Who measures cocktails in table spoons?! Please update app with ounces converter in cocktail recipes.

Nate

Tangy and refreshing! Weird that they used tablespoons instead of ounces though.

Diane D.

If you are looking for a non-alcoholic and low calorie version of a Cosmo, replace the vodka with Seedlip Grove 42 and replace the Triple sec with Sugar Free Triple Sec flavored syrup. The only calories are from the Cranberry Juice and it looks and feels like a real cosmo for those times when you want to stay sober.

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