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> no-one seems to have touched the truth about cosmos here. an original 
> cosmo uses absolut citron, cointreau, fresh lime juice and cranberry 
> juice. 

I thought the Citron thing came after the Cosmo got started as a marketing 
thing by Absolut.

>any drink made with different vodkas isn't a cosmo. 

If someone walked up to my bar and requested a Greygoose Cosmo, I still 
consider this a Cosmo. The same as if they ordered a  Sapphire Martini I feel 
it still falls into the Martini category.

take 
> absolut kurrant, you have a metro. mandarin, a neopolitan. it was a 
> drink created in '94 for the las vegas gay pride march and absolut by 
> dale degroeff (so i've been told, anyonbe verify that for me?) 

Which drink was created by Dale DeGroff, the Cosmo? You mention 3.  If Dale 
created the Cosmo then believe me he would have it all over his website and in 
his book that comes out next month.   I had the owner of Bartender Magazine 
email me and ask me if I was the one that invented the Cosmo...so they don't 
even know.  As far as I know the inventor of the  basic Kama Kazi with a 
splash of cranberry (Cosmo) has no claim to an inventor.

So, to sum up, if someone walks up to my bar and asks for a Stoli Rasberri 
Cosmo, I will know exactly what they are talking about and just make it by 
substituting a different vodka. Most people out there don't really care about 
all the technicalities anyway.

Cheryl


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