Where better to get started with your gintroduction than to assemble everything you need to make the World's Best Martini in the comfort of your own home.
You'll find a number of the following items in our shop and we thank you in advance for supporting what we do by making (at least some of) your purchases there. So, what will you need?
1. A bottle of premium gin. Let's start with our original benchmark, Tanqueray No. 10.
2. A good dry vermouth. We recommend Noilly Prat to start off.
3. A good martini glass. We use Reidel glasses with a small lip; they almost look like a cross between a classic martini glass and a coupe. Makes it harder to spill!
4. A good mixing glass or a boston (metal) cocktail shaker, though you won't be doing any shaking. Remember that.
5. A mixing spoon. Absolutely essential item. One of your dessert spoons won't do the job.
6. A strainer, to keep those ice cubes where they belong.
7. A sieve-style strainer, much a like a tea strainer, to keep out any slivers of ice that get past your other strainer.
8. An atomiser or sprayer. We like the standard olive oil sprayer. You'll use this as your vermouth delivery system.
9. A spirits measure, a.k.a. a jigger. We tend to pour on the generous side but it's still worth measuring. If only to make your gin last a bit longer.
10. Garnish - queen pitted olives, any brand.
11. Cocktail sticks for the olives.
That's it. Everything you need to start making your martini. Read other posts for directions on mixing different martinis and preparing garnish, etc.