Pouring the perfect martini is actually a lot easier than one usually thinks. In fact, the martini is one of the simplest of all cocktails to make, and when properly executed helps any bartender earn the esteem that goes along with being a qualified mixologist.
I couldn’t even begin to tell you about the countless times I was complimented on my martini (and manhattan, but that’s an entirely different ball-game) pouring prowess, only to think ‘Oh, if you only knew how simple it really is, my friend’
Just watch ol’ smarty-pants in the video and you’ll be mixing your own martini in no-time at all…
Also, a useful tip when mixing Martinis, Manhattans and Rob Roys… NEVER shake the drink before pouring it into the martini glass. Shaking the drink will cause ice shards/crystals to flake off into the liquid, thus watering it down. A true martini connoisseur (politically correct way of saying ‘snob’) will throw a tizzy…
Rather, simply stir the liquids around the tin with a mixing instrument. A simple spoon will suffice. If a patron wants the martini shaken, you’ll be told in advance. Trust me, there’s no shortage of wannabes out there who still think it’s cool to order their drinks ‘shaken, not stirred.’
Plastic martini glasses? The very thought must send shivers down the collective spines of every martini snob this side of the moon. Aside from the pure practicality of the subject, there are many reasons to consider adding plastic martini glasses to your collection. Just the basic issues of cost and functionality alone will help sway you into a favorable opinion when it comes to plastic glassware, especially cocktail glasses.
Plastic martini glasses
As you can see from the pic above, though it’s plastic, the martini glass still remains elegant in design. The other two glasses retain their elegance of design also, so… Why not add something durable to your glassware collection? Lord knows, if you’re entertaining the tipsy or become tipsy yourself, mucho money can be saved if you drop these beauties on the hard-wood floors…
When it comes right down to it, the difference between plastic martini glasses and traditional glassware designs is quite minimal, when you also take into consideration the increased functionality and durability you gain with the former.
Welcome to your portal to the most functional yet elegant martini glasses available on the net. Martini glasses have become quite the trendy item over the past 10 years. Martini glasses come in all shapes and sizes, ranging from a more traditional design to those that push the boundaries and envelopes of all rationale.
This site is dedicated to the martini glass, and more specifically to the plastic martini glass, but traditional martini glasses certainly deserve their due, and are worthy of a lengthy homage. The glassware is not what makes a martini a martini, but it certainly helps add to the overall mystique that the martini has enjoyed over the years.
You will see a lot of cocktails served in a martini glass, but this DOES NOT mean that they are variations of the traditional martini. In fact,t here is only one accepted variation of the traditional martini and that is when vodka is used instead of gin.
Cocktails such as the Cosmopolitan and the Apple ‘tini have their place in the pop culture of the bar scene, but don’t ever think they belong to the martini family. That family is remarkably small, and just because a drink adds the word martini at the end of it, doesn’t make something like a chocolate martini worthy of any praise…
