08/08/2025
Here’s a refreshing watermelon cosmo for the home mixologist from a Charlotte cocktail pro.
Sekani Akunyun offers up this seasonal twist on the classic cosmo. “And honestly, with us being in the South, this recipe will be good until temps drop in November.”
Mixology, Sekani says, combines her interests in math, science and the arts.
“With visual art, you see everything with your eyes first: a painting, a photograph or a sculpture,” she says. “With food and beverage, you see and you smell everything first. Then, you taste it. And, if you take a picture of the cocktail and post it on social media, it’s definitely art.”
We agree!
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🍉WATERMELON COSMO
••Supplies••
1 jigger (liquid measure)
1 shaker
1 Hawthorne cocktail strainer
1 fine mesh strainer (optional)
1 muddler
1 chilled glass, preferably a coupe
••Ingredients••
1 1/2 ounce vodka
1/2 ounce orange liqueur
1/2 ounce lime juice
1/4 ounce simple syrup
3-4 watermelon cubes
Tajín (optional)
••Directions••
1. Muddle watermelon cubes, then add the rest of the ingredients into a shaker.
2. Add ice to cover the mix, then secure the top of the shaker. Shake hard for about 10 seconds or until the shaker tin is ice cold.
3. Using a Hawthorne strainer (and a fine mesh strainer if you have one), strain into a chilled glass.
4. Optional: Garnish with a skewer of watermelon cubes. Spice it up with a sprinkle of Tajín on the cubes.
story by Asha Ellison, l photographs by Jonathan Cooper at .bar
