A martini in the left hand and a beautiful woman in the right hand, this is "life"!
When they finally "found" the beautiful woman, they sat at the bar together and ordered martinis.
Unexpectedly, the bartender said, "Do you want the martini shaken or stirred?"
Many friends are puzzled. There are two kinds of martinis?
Fortunately, they still remember Bond's line "Shake well, don't stir", so they didn't make a fool of themselves in front of the long-haired girl around them.
However, they are still worried. It turns out that Bond is not that good, and it is not easy to order a martini.
The bartender said that "shaking" and "stirring" are actually two blending methods of martinis.
"Shake" is "shake method" in bartending terms.
We often see a bartender in a bar holding a shaker smartly and shaking it up and down, just like the "dice pot" in the Stephen Chow casino movie.
This way of mixing wine can quickly cool martinis, and also make the base wine raw materials in the mixing pot just right.
"Mixing" is a "mixing method".
If, like me, you like to sit in front of the bar and watch the bartender mix drinks, you will see that the bartender often stirs in the cocktail glass with a stick.
People who don't know think they are doing some chemical experiment.
Oh, yes, that stick can't be called "stick" yet, said the bartender. The professional name is "lever spoon".
So, the bartender asks you this question, "Do you want the martini shaken or stirred?"
In fact, it becomes, "Do you want a martini, shake it out with a hip flask or stir it with a spoon?"
Simple!
However, it is not enough to have this understanding. We also need to distinguish between two types of martinis.
At this point, some of my friends will jump up,
"What, Zheng Xiaota, in the end, there are not one martini, but two?"
Yes!
Martini is really not "one kind", it is a general term, just like bread, wine and western food, and there are many disciples and grandchildren below!
The United States once published the Complete Works of Martini, which introduced 268 methods of martini.
However, no matter how many kinds of martinis there are, there are two kinds of martinis according to the division of raw materials.
The martini we often talk about is actually a vodka martini, which is made of vodka and gin.
In the past few decades, it has faded out of sight. Who let Bond always say it over and over again in movies?
"Three glasses of Gordon, one glass of vodka, and half a cup of Gina" (three glasses of gin, one glass of vodka, and half a glass of Lily ...) "
(See "A Martini, Shake Well, Don't Stir" for Bond's specific tuning method).
In fact, the original martini practice is not like this.
This is a martini tune written by ian fleming, the author of 007. To put it bluntly, he came up with it like a wild horse
Therefore, it is now Martin's masterpiece.
The old man Fleming reformed the traditional martini-gin martini that has been passed down for hundreds of years.
The original gin martini was blended with vermouth and gin as the main raw wine.
But Fleming dropped "absinthe" and added vodka, which created a precedent for vodka martinis.
Just like a sandwich, remove other vegetables and meat, add beef or chicken, and you have a hamburger.
Fleming wanted to highlight Bond's independence and cynicism with the "subversive innovation" of Vodka Martini.
But unexpectedly, the world ruled by gin martini was torn alive.
From then on, the world of martinis is half vodka martinis and half gin martinis.
I have some students in various bars in Hangzhou, and bartenders have to take courses as wine sommeliers.
They will tell me many stories in the bar.
For example, vodka martinis must be "shaken".
Bond's favorite vodka martini needs to be chilled to taste delicious.
This is what he said, "Shake it very hard until it is cold" (shake it cold enough before taking it out).
Then shake it with a shaker to achieve this effect, but the stirring method is too slow to "ice".
In a shaker, put ice cubes, vodka, gin and other raw materials, close the lid, and shake your shoulders a few times to make a vodka martini.
Another advantage of using a blender is that cocktails with high alcohol content can also bring out a soft taste.
Because air is mixed with liquor raw materials in the blender, small bubbles formed by air will tightly wrap liquor with high alcohol content during strenuous exercise.
In this way, people will not have a strong sense of alcohol stimulation when drinking, and they will be softer and smoother.
Even as it looks, there will be a little turbidity and small bubbles.
Vodka martini, which is vodka.
You know, vodka is distilled liquor, with a high alcohol content, above 40 degrees. If you drink it directly, it will be very exciting and choking.
But if you shake the bottle a few times, the vodka martini will taste just like it.
"There are some subtle spices and nutmeg, but the most obvious smell is juniper, which is the aroma brought by gin in martinis. Vodka can't add any flavor. "
"A drink will feel cold, thorn root. I said it was a vodka martini, but it didn't excite me at all. Instead, it is gently wrapped around your tongue, and it will be released after a while, and I will feel a sense of lightness at my fingertips. "
"When the martini is heated in the mouth, the taste will become stronger. Although it is a bit vague, it is still quite refreshing and charming. "
But for those cocktail makers who claim to be orthodox, they think vodka martinis are "deviant".
"Put the wine with ice in a shaker and shake it hard, and the ice will melt into water. Isn't that the taste of diluted wine? Then why not drink directly with water? "
"Soft and slippery. Isn't it just as soft when vodka is mixed with too much water? Is there still the original flavor of martini? "
But what if James Bond's author Fleming originally wanted Bond to drink a mild alcoholic drink with water?
Will there be these complaints?
However, in the bar, if you don't specifically point out, "martini like Bond", "vodka martini" or "Vespa" (the name given by Bond).
Bartenders often bring out gin martinis.
In other words, martinis sold in domestic bars are martinis and gin.
No, Bond's favorite vodka martini.
Gin martinis are made by "stirring" Put absinthe, gin, ice cubes, etc. Pour into a mixing glass, then stir with a spoon, and then pour into a cocktail glass.
Gin martinis can't be shaken, mainly because of absinthe.
Many friends around me don't know absinthe, even if they often go to bars.
Vermouth is a fortified wine with various spices and some spirits, which is often used as an aperitif in Europe.
However, now more cocktails are made with absinthe, which, like gin, is also the "soul of cocktail".
Vermicelli is wine, which means that when martini is mixed, the flagon can't be shaken.
Do you think shaken Bordeaux wine will taste good?
All kinds of fine substances in the wine have been "shaken" and are turbid. This doesn't count. The taste after shaking is even more strange and difficult to enter.
Therefore, gin martinis can only be made by "stirring", so that its taste will be charming.
"Compared with Bond's vodka martini, gin martini has a stronger flavor of herbs and spices, and the bartender can smell it as soon as he puts the glass on the table."
"Well, there are some herbs and juniper smells!"
"It was a little bitter at first, but it disappeared after a few seconds, but it tasted much better than vodka martinis. After careful aftertaste, you can find many interesting flavors. "
"Sometimes, you will feel a little sharp, and sometimes, it is a kind of warmth. This is a' competition' between gin and absinthe. Soon, you will have a sense of smoothness. Oh, they are evenly matched. "
Although there are many kinds of gin martinis with different flavors, they are more interesting and delicious than vodka martinis.
In a bar, you want to talk about Martini Kan Kan in front of mature women. Zheng Xiaota, I suggest you watch "007: casino royale War" first.
I watched it back and forth five times. It was in this film that Bond proposed to the casino bartender to mix martinis with vodka.
Bond also named this new martini after his first love Vespa.
In fact, you can also point to the vodka martini on the table and tell the mature women around you with a little affection.
"The vodka martini that Bond likes to drink is actually a tangled taste."
"Just like Vespa's character, the appearance is firm and gorgeous, but the heart is very tangled. She wants to love, but she can't love it, but she is entangled in love. "
"For Bond, the only woman he loved, he retired for her, but lost her when he was inseparable."
"In the future, every sip of vodka he drank was to evoke sweet memories of his and her past, but he tried to reach out and keep it, but it ran away."
"Some feelings, some wine, are both love and pain!"
"This is the charm of martinis!"