Martini

Martini

  • Type
    Cocktail
  • Primary alcohol by volume
    Gin
  • Served
    Straight up
  • Standard garnish
    Olive or lemon twist
  • Standard drinkware
    Cocktail glass
  • IBA specified ingredients
    60 ml gin
    10 ml dry vermouth
  • Preparation
    Pour all ingredients into mixing glass with ice cubes. Stir well. Strain into chilled martini cocktail glass.
  • Timing
    Before dinner
  • Notes
    Squeeze oil from lemon peel onto the drink, or garnish with green olives if requested.

The martini is a cocktail made with gin and vermouth, and garnished with an olive or a lemon twist.

Over the years, the martini has become one of the best-known mixed alcoholic beverages.

H. L. Mencken called the martini “the only american invention as perfect as the sonnet”, and E. B. White called it “the elixir of quietude”.

References
Martini (cocktail)

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