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as far as I can tell, this article doesn't actually have anything to do with the drink. as an aside, I do like a good cosmo, but it's not technically a cocktai
by leetcrew 7y ago
as far as I can tell, this article doesn't actually have anything to do with the drink.
as an aside, I do like a good cosmo, but it's not technically a cocktail anyway.
- bmohlenhoff 7y agoEr, what? It is an IBA official cocktail.
- leetcrew 7y agoI understand most people use "cocktail" to be roughly synonymous with "mixed drink". but technically, cocktails are supposed to have liquor, sugar, and bitters (or ingredients that fill those roles). a cosmo has no bitters or similar ingredient. it's a highball.
- klodolph 7y agoAs a descriptivist, I’ll accept that the cosmo is now considered a cocktail, or as an engineer I would just add orange bitters et voilà.
- adwf 7y agoI was taught that the only "strong" rule about cocktails was that it had 3+ ingredients. Every other rule (like sweet + bitter) has notable exceptions, ie. drinks like the cosmo substitute a citrus for the bitters. Plus, the whole sweet cocktail thing was a more modern invention of the prohibition era to cover up the taste of harsh spirits. Plenty of older cocktails around. EDIT: It kinda feels like the rule about email address parsing. The only good rule is that it has an @ symbol.
- bobthepanda 7y agoI feel like the subtitle would be a better HN title, since it describes the article as a book review. A review of The Europeans: Three Lives and the Making of a Cosmopolitan Culture by Orlando Figes