Sex
and the City was promoting
the sweet pink drink to the masses, Sasha Petraske was opening Milk & Honey
on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. A speakeasy in which the bartenders made
cocktails focused on true craftsmanship, they were drinks that sought to
challenge the consumer, not simply provide them with an easy delivery method
for booze. As music too was reacting to the bubblegum pop of this time period,
drinks were as well and Sex
and the City created
The Cosmo.
The exact origin of the Cosmopolitan is
fuzzy at best, mostly because until the late ‘80s it was a similar drink that
went by a different name. In the late
nineteenth century a cocktail was known as the Daisy, it emerged as a delicious
drink that was loved for its ability to modify harsher flavors of booze. The
classic recipe called for spirit, sweetener and citrus, which is similar to the
structure of the Cosmo – this recipe is now known as the classic “sour family”
recipe, because cranberry isn’t a citrus, it’s possible that this proven drink
structure is the foundation for which the Cosmo is based.
I prefer the use of a nice rum which
unlike vodka has some flavor of its own and marries well with the other
ingredients of the cocktail. Give this
one a try I feel like you will be really surprised.
Bahama Bob's Papa Pilar Blonde Cosmo
- 3 oz. Papa’s Pilar Blonde Rum
- 1 oz. Pierre Ferrand Dry Orange Curacao
- Juice of ½ Lime
- 1 oz. Cranberry Juice
