How To Make a Classic Martini

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The days of the three-martini lunch may be over, but this sophisticated drink will never go out of style.

To complete this How-To you will need:

2 1/2 oz. gin (or vodka)
Ice
1/2 oz. dry vermouth
Small, chilled olives with no pimento
A mixing glass
A cocktail strainer
A clean napkin or cloth
A martini glass
A long spoon
And a toothpick

Step 1: Chill glass

Chill the martini glass by filling it with ice and water and set it aside.

Tip: Martinis should be very cold—storing your martini and mixing glass in the freezer will keep your finished drink even cooler, longer.

Step 2: Fill with ice

Fill the mixing glass with ice.

Step 3: Add gin

Add the gin.

Tip: A traditional martini is made with gin, but a vodka martini simply replaces one liquor with the other.

Step 4: Add dry vermouth

Add the dry vermouth.

Tip: A dry martini has less vermouth—for a very, very dry martini, just coat the ice cubes with vermouth, then dump out the actual liquor.

Step 5: Stir

Stir with the spoon about 50 times, making sure your liquids are well mixed and chilled by the ice. Save the "shaken, not stirred" shtick for a James Bond martini.

Step 6: Empty & wipe

Empty the ice water from the now-chilled martini glass and quickly wipe the inside to remove any trace of moisture.

Step 7: Strain into glass

Strain the gin and vermouth mixture into the martini glass.

Step 8: Garnish

Garnish your martini with one or three olives -- tradition holds that only an odd number of olives should be used in a martini -- and serve.

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[vraciudude]

god damn...WTF is an ounce??? last country on the planet not to use metric.

[magges1234]

you will need:

a table, a floor, air, hands, a brain...

[jaggernutox]

did not know that my kitchen glasses is bar glasses

[MSINTEGRITY]

Calm down people, 2 tablespoons = 1 ounce.

[yamijanakaratoprak]

another totally redundant ugly bitch

[MegaStevenhyde]

Why the fuck cant they just tell me how many damn shots to put in it rather than this ounce bullshit ? im a drunk not a damn scientist

[dudeproductions100]

@vraciudude 1 fluid ounce is 30mL. 

[Nelis47896]

step 9: ????

step 10: profit

[vraciudude]

@tigercub246 2 years ago, it was about frustration more than ignorance.

[tigercub246]

@vraciudude 1 ounce [US, liquid] = 2.957 352 956 3 centiliter. Just use 3 centiliters

[inkpaduta]

@pepercat17

Its down to taste. A lot of people hate red wine, a lot of people hate ales and a lot of people don't like Martini's but there is a reason people drink them and it has little to do with class when it comes to drinking alcohol.

[ZubudMan]

Never mind the Martini, where can I find the babe making the drink?

If Ole' Winnie Churchill stared at her while drinking his Martini, he would have died from 'hardening' of the arteries.