All you need to do is replace the Triple Sec with orange juice and the vodka with pink lemonade. Making a virgin Cosmopolitan (mocktail) is as easy to make as the alcoholic drink. And mixed drinks haven’t looked back since, with more concoctions available than ever before.
Inevitably the Cosmo’s appeal slowly waned, and in its absence was a new thirst for beautiful looking and flavored cocktails. And that was all it needed to explode in popularity with the masses. The drink was so popular that it spread across the city, and on a fateful night for the cocktail, it landed in Madonna’s hand while she was being photographed at a Grammy after party.
A barman named Toby Cecchini worked behind the bar, and it is he that has been given the title of the person that invented the modern Cosmopolitan. The year is 1987 and the location is Odeon in Manhattan, a celebrity hangout. Moving forward, the story behind the Cosmopolitan cocktail becomes clearer, and it also gets its modern name. The lovely pink color of the drink helping it become popular.
Her clientele wanted a drink that was sweeter than a traditional martini, so using a martini glass Cook would add vodka, triple sec, cranberry and lime. It was here, while working in amongst the vibrate gay social scene, that it’s believed Caine’s drink became a hit.Īn equally believable theory is that Cheryl Cook invented the drink while working in South Beach (again, working in a gay social scene). The story goes Caine started his creation while working in Provincetown, next to the biggest cranberry producing regions, before moving on to San Francisco. One theory, and the one that the author seems to lean towards, is that John Caine – a Miami bartender created the Cosmo in all but name. Unfortunately they are not substantiated, both could be wrong, either could be spot-on, or of course there is the small chance two people created the same drink without knowing it. During his research he had two good theories as to who added this last drink to the mix. Who added the triple sec? It’s here that we have to refer to the expert knowledge of James Winter, the author of the fabulous book “ Who Put the Beef in Wellington?: 50 culinary classics, who invented them, when and why”. The next step in the journey of this famous cocktail now gets a little fuzzy. Not quite the finished article as triple sec still needed to be added (and a cool name, this version was called a Harpoon). So they suggested mixing cranberry with vodka and fresh lime. The goal was to make cranberry juice more appealing to adults and not drunk just by children. It is believed the first variation of the Cosmopolitan was an advertising gimmick conjured up by the people at the cranberry drinks firm Oceans Spray. And of course like many cocktails the exact person or time that the drink was created is a mixture of guesswork and hearsay.
BLUE COSMOPOLITAN DRINK TV
The origins of the Cosmopolitan, also now known as a Cosmo, can be traced back to well before this TV show. And all because it was the drink of choice in the amazingly popular HBO show “Sex and the City”. Many mixologists today credit the humble Cosmopolitan as the cocktail that brought about an incredible change in drinking habits and the acceptance of mixed drinks. The standard garnish for a Cosmopolitan is a twist of lime peel, but you can decorate as you wish. Empty your glass and pour in the mixture using a strainer, and give a stir with the bar spoon.Ĥ. Add all the ingredients and ice to your cocktail shaker, using a jigger to measure the amounts, and give a good shake.ģ. Pre-chill your glass by adding ice to it.Ģ.
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