Having just come back from a heck of a holiday weekend, this topic is quite fresh in my head. So I bring to you one of my most favorite and signature drinks! The drink you will always catch me holding at the chill spot, pinky up, attitude melting, give it up for:
The Cosmopolitan
2 ounces vodka1 ounce Cointreau
1 ounce cranberry juice
1 ounce Rose's lime juice
One of the more recently famous martinis, famous for being famous, the Sex and the City staple, my little cosmo has been my companion for some time now. Truth be told, and I am telling the truth, I’ve been slurping cosmos since before Carrie and Samantha made them sexy. I’ve been a martini lady since I’ve been legal and able to make them myself, something about a martini made me feel so grown and sophisticated, especially since they are so strong that many an alcoholic newbie didn’t have the sophistication to either a) appreciate it or b) stomach it, which meant c) I never had to share. Let em drink beer!
The cosmo, when done right is a smooth, yet stiff drink. Don’t let the pink color fool you, it’s a sweet tart. Do you know why it’s pink? Because there is so much vodka in it that the once burgundy colored cranberry juice used to take the edge off, has been diluted to a pretty light pink hue. Hello world, is your response once you let the power of the cosmo wash over you. Don’t try to fight it, you will lose…
Now what the heck does all this descriptive narrative have to do with me? I am that diluted pink hue, seemingly approachable and sweet, but keep in mind, I’m pink because I’ve been cut and diluted with vodka, not water, not sugar, but pure distilled disinfecting madness. I bite, but I wait until I’ve slid down your throat, I’ve gotten inside ya, inside ya head, then…WHAM…you’ve just got got. I am not ashamed, I just caution you, don’t sleep on this martini drink…
In the bar of life, are you sophisticated enough to go toe to toe with a cosmo?
4 comment(s) thus far...:
Ahhhh yes, the beloved Cosmo, and we sure were up on it before the days of Carrie and 'nem... It is one of the few "girly" drinks I fool with, because it sure packs an unassuming punch! Just like us! :)
Tiha...
I'm scared of you now.
(But only a lil' bit)
@AmyMay: I'm a little scared of her too! Gonna have to watch my back--she ain't playn'!
I'm just sayin' I know Tiha's nowhere near the Cornfield, but I been looking for her behind doors n stuff... like she's gonna jump out n mollywhop somebody!!
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