1934 Cosmo Recipe
A gin sour sweetened with raspberry syrup — tart, pink and nothing like the vodka-and-cranberry drink that later took the name.
- Category: Popular
- Glass: Coupe glass
- ABV: 21%
- Difficulty: Easy
Ingredients
- Gin60 ml (2 oz)
- Fresh lemon juice15 ml (0.5 oz)
- Raspberry syrup15 ml (0.5 oz)
How to Make It
- Add all ingredients to a shaker with ice.
- Shake until well chilled.
- Double-strain into a chilled coupe.
- Express an orange twist over the drink and drop it in.
Garnish
Orange twist
The Story
The name points to a gin, lemon and raspberry "Cosmopolitan" printed in an American bar guide in 1934, half a century before the modern Cosmopolitan.
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