Standard Gin Martini
Ingredients
6 ounces of freezing Bombay Sapphire or Mercury gin.
5 drops of Noilly Pratt dry vermouth.
2 small twists of lemon rind.
2 Picholine olives.
The mix
Fill a glass martini shaker about 3/4 full of cracked, clean
ice.
Pour your gin into the shaker and let stand for sixty seconds.
Count down from sixty to zero.
Approach your shaker with caution, and lovingly apply the
lid.
Shake, shake, shake. About fifteen, vigorous, diagonal shakes
should do the trick.
Put that shaker down and get two well chilled martini glasses from
the fridge or freezer. Allow the shaker to rest for about another
sixty seconds.
Into each glass drop two drops of vermouth (the fifth drop is just
for good luck).
Each glass gets a twist and an olive (the olive is optional).
Strain your very chilly gin into each glass.
