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Prep Time 4 minutes
Total Time 5 minutes
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Vesper Martini Recipe (Bond's Original, Three Spirits, Shaken Cold)

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James Bond's original martini: gin, vodka, Lillet Blanc. Shaken cold, served in a coupe with a lemon twist. The 1953 spec, exactly as written.

Ingredients

  • 3 oz Gin London Dry; Tanqueray, Beefeater, Sipsmith
  • 1 oz Vodka good neutral; Belvedere or Grey Goose
  • 1/2 oz Lillet Blanc or Cocchi Americano
  • 1 Lemon peel, large to garnish

Method
 

Method
  1. Chill a martini coupe glass in the freezer for at least 5 minutes.
  2. Add gin, vodka, and Lillet Blanc to a cocktail shaker filled with ice.
  3. Shake hard for 12-15 seconds. Yes, shake. Bond ordered it shaken not stirred. The shake aerates the spirits and the resulting cocktail has a slightly cloudy, lively texture different from the smooth-and-clear stir.
  4. Strain into the chilled coupe glass.
  5. Cut a large strip of lemon peel. Twist over the surface of the drink to express the oils, then drop it into the glass.

Nutrition

Calories: 195kcal

Notes

Lillet Blanc. The original recipe called for Kina Lillet, which no longer exists (it had quinine in it; reformulated in 1986). Lillet Blanc is the modern equivalent. Cocchi Americano is closer to the original quinine-bittered profile if you can find it.
Shake or stir? Bond purists insist shake ("shaken not stirred"). Cocktail purists insist stir for clarity. Bond won. Shake it.
Glass. A coupe is correct (the V-shape martini glass spills too easily). Pre-chill it. Always.

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