Trumptini Recipe: Citrus Rum, Cointreau, Cranberry

Ingredients

1¼ oz lemon-flavored rum such as Bacardi Limóne.g. Bacardi
¾ oz CointreauBuy on Amazon →
¾ oz lemon juice
¼ oz simple syrup
½ oz cranberry juice
1 pinch of salt optional (optional)

Garnish: Lemon twist · Ice: Served up, no ice

Method

Chill a cocktail glass; if you like, rim half of it with fine salt.
Add lemon rum, Cointreau, lemon juice, syrup and cranberry juice to a shaker.
Fill with ice and shake hard for 10 to 12 seconds.
Double strain into the chilled glass.
Express a lemon twist over the drink and use it as garnish.

Watch it made

Trumptini

Taste

Tart and citrusy with clear lemon, orange peel from the Cointreau and a dry cranberry finish. Medium strength and quite light on the palate.

History and origin

The Trumptini is one of countless drinks from the "-tini" wave that followed the Cosmopolitan in the 1990s and 2000s, when almost anything shaken and served in a V-shaped glass could be called a martini. Its name blends the surname Trump with the word martini, but despite the name it has nothing to do with a classic gin and vermouth Martini.

There is no reliable record of who created it or where, and recipes vary. The core stays the same: flavored rum, orange liqueur, citrus and a little cranberry juice, which places it firmly in the Cosmopolitan family of pink, citrus-led sours.

Bartender tips

Fresh lemon juice and simple syrup replace bottled sour mix and give a much cleaner result.
If you have no citrus rum, use white rum or citrus vodka and add a strip of lemon peel to the shaker.
Keep the cranberry small; it is there for color and dryness, not as the main flavor.

Variations

Cosmopolitan: The model: citrus vodka, Cointreau, lime and more cranberry juice.
Lemon Drop: Vodka, triple sec, lemon and sugar with a sugar rim instead of cranberry.