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Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 05:48, 3 August 2011: 333 × 497 (256 KB): Alekjds: Transparency: 02:46, 24 December 2006: 338 × 500 (167 KB): Willscrlt {{Information |Description = Cocktail Glass (Martini): The traditional cocktail glass has become synonymous with Martini cocktails, which are commonly served in this type of glassware. |Source = Own work |Date = 2006-12 ...
In 1976 or 1977, high school student Monty Meadows created the original "ramshackle" martini glass sign for his family's house on Southwest Buckingham Court in the Tualatin Mountains (also known as the Southwest Hills or West Hills). Copying a smaller version in the neighborhood, he used two-by-fours from a construction site and Christmas lights.
Invented in the late 19th century, its form derives from the fact that all cocktails are traditionally served chilled and contain an aromatic element. Thus, the stem allows the drinker to hold the glass without affecting the temperature of the drink, an important aspect due to the lack of added ice which in other drinks serves to cool the drink, [2] and the wide bowl places the surface of the ...
A Nick & Nora glass is a stemmed glass with an inverted bowl, mainly used to serve straight-up cocktails. The glass is similar to a cocktail glass or martini glass. [1] Use of the glass became widespread beginning in the late 1980s, when bartender Dale DeGroff had several made for the Rainbow Room restaurant in New York City. The design was ...
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An extra dirty martini typically contains twice the amount of olive brine or juice. [25] A direct martini or naked martini is a regular martini, but prepared by storing the gin in a freezer and then pouring the gin directly into the serving glass with the vermouth instead of stirring it with ice first. This method allows the drink to be served ...
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The shaken Martini is mentioned twice in the first Bond film Dr. No (1962). When Bond has presumably ordered a drink from room service to his hotel room, it is mixed by a waiter, who says "one medium dry vodka martini mixed like you said, sir, but not stirred." (A slice of lime was in the bottom of the glass.) Later, Dr.