Ingredients
- 2 ozsake
- ¾ oztriple sec
- ½ ozlime juice
- ½ ozcranberry juice
- 🍋Flamed orange twist(garnish)
🔧 Tools
Instructions
- Combine sake, triple sec, lime juice, and cranberry juice in a cocktail shaker with ice.
- Shake vigorously for 12 seconds until chilled.
- Fine strain into a chilled coupe glass.
- Garnish with a flamed orange twist.
📜 History
The Cosmopolitan became a cultural icon in the 1990s and has inspired spirit substitutions ever since. Sake's clean, lightly sweet profile steps into the vodka role naturally, softening the drink's sharp citrus edge while adding a subtle rice-grain character. The Sake Cosmopolitan became popular at sake bars and Japanese-inspired cocktail menus as bartenders explored accessible gateway drinks for sake newcomers.
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