What is a Martini?
Martini: Gin (or vodka) and dry vermouth, stirred, with an olive or a lemon twist. "Dry" means less vermouth; "wet" means more.
- Category
- Drink family
- Taste
- Cold, crisp, clean, spirit-forward.
- Strength
- Strong
- Similar to
- Gibson, 50/50
- Also called
- dry martini, gin martini, vodka martini
The story
Nobody agrees who invented the Martini. It grew out of the sweeter Martinez in the late 1800s and got drier and drier through the 1900s. James Bond's "shaken, not stirred" made it famous worldwide.