The Cosmopolitan Martini is a popular drink in most upscale martini bars.  It's a sweet drink.  It's fruity.  In my experience, the girls love it!  - Johnnie

Cosmopolitan Martini Recipe

Here's a cocktail that is fast becoming a classic.  For those neophytes, it's a bit easier to drink than a straight up vodka or gin martini.  The Cosmopolitan Martini adds a heavy sweetened citrus flavor using a citrus flavored vodka, an orange liqueur, and fruit juice.

Ingredients For A Cosmopolitan Martini 

• 1 1/2 oz. citrus vodka
• 3/4 oz. Cointreau 
• Juice of 1/2 lime, hand extracted
• 1/2 oz. cranberry juice
• lemon spiral

Johnnie will have you combine the vodka, Cointreau, lime and cranberry in your cocktail shaker.  Everything from there follows just as it would in his recipe for a friggin' great martini.  Shake or stir gently, strain into a chilled, classy martini glass, and garnish with the lemon spiral.

While you still want to stick with a good quality citrus flavored vodka, you do not need to spend on an ultra premium vodka.  The other ingredients will bring the flavor and the distinctiveness of an ultra premium spirit would be lost.

Triple Sec or another good orange flavored liqueur may be substituted for Cointreau.