The Odeon’s Cosmopolitan

The Odeon | New York

Coming in second at a recent Cosmopolitan blind tasting, appropriately enough, was the Cosmo served today at The Odeon, where Toby Cecchini invented the cocktail. Varying slightly from the original, it contained 1 ½ ounces Absolut Citron, ¾ ounce Cointreau, ½ ounce lime juice and ½ ounce Ocean Spray, garnished with a thin, twirling lime peel.

Ingredients

Serving: 1

  • 1 1/2 ounces lemon vodka, preferably Absolut Citron
  • 1 1/2 ounces lemon vodka, preferably Absolut Citron
  • 3/4 ounce Cointreau
  • 3/4 ounce Cointreau
  • 1/2 ounce lime juice
  • 1/2 ounce lime juice
  • 1/2 ounce cranberry juice
  • 1/2 ounce cranberry juice

Garnish: lime twist

Directions
  1. Combine all ingredients in a mixing tin and shake with ice.
  2. Strain into chilled martini glass.
  3. Garnish with lime twist.

Tagged: Cosmopolitan

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