Dear Esmeralda,
My name is Juan Jose Montero, my friends call me Juan Jo, I am Dominican/American and I live in Las Vegas, NV. My boyfriend just graduated from The Clark County Community College and he plans on continuing his education in the Summer.
I want to throw him a a fabulous Martini Cocktail party in his honor and I don't know which vodkas would make the best Martinis. I love the new strawberry vodka I tasted in NYC. Should I show off my many vodka tastes to all our friends? I so want to impress him with my style and pizazz.
Sincerely,
Juan Jo
My name is Juan Jose Montero, my friends call me Juan Jo, I am Dominican/American and I live in Las Vegas, NV. My boyfriend just graduated from The Clark County Community College and he plans on continuing his education in the Summer.
I want to throw him a a fabulous Martini Cocktail party in his honor and I don't know which vodkas would make the best Martinis. I love the new strawberry vodka I tasted in NYC. Should I show off my many vodka tastes to all our friends? I so want to impress him with my style and pizazz.
Sincerely,
Juan Jo
Dearest Juan Jo,
If you really want to impress everyone at the party drop the Jo in Juan Jo, your name sounds ridiculous, then make everyone you love take two PM Advil and drink Martinis' to help them forget your retarded name.
In as far as Martinis' I am a pretty classical type gal who loves her Martinis to be Martinis and her men to be manly, etc... I don't really like the industry's attempt to bastardized the traditional recipe of a sophisticated drink for sophisticated drinkers... I think flavored Martinis show that you have no class and that deep down inside you wish you were drinking a Pina Coloda and singing tunes from the muscial Bye Bye Birdie.
If you really want to impress everyone at the party drop the Jo in Juan Jo, your name sounds ridiculous, then make everyone you love take two PM Advil and drink Martinis' to help them forget your retarded name.
In as far as Martinis' I am a pretty classical type gal who loves her Martinis to be Martinis and her men to be manly, etc... I don't really like the industry's attempt to bastardized the traditional recipe of a sophisticated drink for sophisticated drinkers... I think flavored Martinis show that you have no class and that deep down inside you wish you were drinking a Pina Coloda and singing tunes from the muscial Bye Bye Birdie.
Esmeralda.
Dearest Juan Jose Montero,
I'm afraid Esmeralda may have a hit a sore spot with the way Americans have bastardized Martini recipes... I also like a traditional Martinis. My suggestion is that you use a grain Vodka like Stolichnaya, Absolut, Belverdere, Grey Goose or Ketel One for your Martinis, no flavors, no distractions to the palate.
I'm afraid Esmeralda may have a hit a sore spot with the way Americans have bastardized Martini recipes... I also like a traditional Martinis. My suggestion is that you use a grain Vodka like Stolichnaya, Absolut, Belverdere, Grey Goose or Ketel One for your Martinis, no flavors, no distractions to the palate.
To make a perfect Martini, get a mixing glass, it looks like a pint glass for Guinness Stout, fill the mixing glass with ice. The add a dash of Vermouth over the ice, (Always add the Dry Vermouth first, so that if you add too much Vermouth you can just dump it out.) If you add the Vodka or Gin first, its impossible to repair a Martini with too much Vermouth, plus Vermouth is cheap, a good bottle of Vodka will get expensive, so let's pour the\n ingredients in it's proper order. After the dash of Vermouth using your four fingers as a ruler on the side of the mixing glass, pour the Vodka or Gin to the top of the fourth finger. This is an always correct measurement over ice and should make a perfect poured martini every time. (The average Martini Glass holdes 4 oz.) Remember to stir the Vodka and Dry Vermouth to mix the ingredients and understand there are three purposes for stirring your Martini, 1. mixing flavors, 2. chilling cocktail, 3. the ice melting adds water to the Martini which of course is part of the ingredients.
1. Mixing Glass (looks like a Guinness Stout pint glass.)
2. Dry Vermouth Martini & Rossi or Cinzano (Cinzano has a sweeter flavor)
3. Vodka or Gin
4. Olives, stuffed with pimentos, Lemon twist, or Pearl Onions (makes a Gibson).
5. Ice Cubes
You see Juan Jo, a Dry Vermouth which is really a fortified dry white wine is added to the Martini to give the Vodka or Gin Martini a sense of smoothness. People who insist on extra extra dry Martinis really are missing the point of the whole martini experience.
To make a perfect Martini, get a mixing glass, it looks like a pint glass for Guinness Stout, fill the mixing glass with ice. The add a dash of Vermouth over the ice, (Always add the Dry Vermouth first, so that if you add too much Vermouth you can just dump it out.) If you add the Vodka or Gin first, its impossible to repair a Martini with too much Vermouth, plus Vermouth is cheap, a good bottle of Vodka will get expensive, so let's pour the ingredients in it's proper order. After the dash of Vermouth using your four fingers as a ruler on the side of the mixing glass, pour the Vodka or Gin to the top of the fourth finger. This is an always correct measurement over ice and should make a perfect poured martini every time. (The average Martini Glass holdes 4 oz.) Remember to stir the Vodka and Dry Vermouth to mix the ingredients and understand there are three purposes for stirring your Martini, 1. mixing flavors, 2. chilling cocktail, 3. the ice melting adds water to the Martini which of course is part of the ingredients.
After a good stir, using a strainer, pour the Martini into a Cocktail Glass that is chilled from the freezer or from pre-icing the glass to help keep the drink cooler, longer..
For a garnish, use a stuffed olive with a pimento, or three little green olives skewered on a tooth pic. In America, many people use the oils from a squeezed lemon peel. Remember to squeeze the oils on top of the Martini and run the twist around the lip of the glass to leave a lemon scented flavor. Lastly a Gibson is a Martini garnished with a pearl onion, the taste is delicious. It's not as popular these days, but if you want sophistication try onions.
I must confess I do not like flavored Martinis, but I respect other peoples interests even if they are boorish, so let me explain flavored Martinis rules:
Never make a flavored Martini with Gin, always use Vodka, Gin is a flavored spirit flavored with the Juniper Berry which has a pine oil flavor.
Dry Vermouth is fine to add to a Stoli Oranj or Kettle One Limon Martini, but not perfect with a coffee flavored or strawberry flavored vodka.
It is suggested by my long time friend Jose Arbona of The Plaza Hotel fame in NYC, to use a White Creme De Cacao to substitute the Dry Vermouth in making a Strawberry or Coffee Martini.
The White Creme De Cacao will make the Martini have an almost cake frosting appeal on the palate. This makes for a most perfect liquid dessert or alternative to the dry traditional Martinis. For the flavored Martinis always use a garnish applicable for the drink, one would never add an olive to a Coffee Martini.
Lastly, if James Bond is coming to your boyfriend's party, remember shaken-ed not stirred Martini adds more water to the recipe because more agitated ice melting means more water. Always assume your guest wants his Martini stirred.
Have a great party Juan Jo Montero,
Signor Guadalope Oreja
2. Dry Vermouth Martini & Rossi or Cinzano (Cinzano has a sweeter flavor)
3. Vodka or Gin
4. Olives, stuffed with pimentos, Lemon twist, or Pearl Onions (makes a Gibson).
5. Ice Cubes
You see Juan Jo, a Dry Vermouth which is really a fortified dry white wine is added to the Martini to give the Vodka or Gin Martini a sense of smoothness. People who insist on extra extra dry Martinis really are missing the point of the whole martini experience.
To make a perfect Martini, get a mixing glass, it looks like a pint glass for Guinness Stout, fill the mixing glass with ice. The add a dash of Vermouth over the ice, (Always add the Dry Vermouth first, so that if you add too much Vermouth you can just dump it out.) If you add the Vodka or Gin first, its impossible to repair a Martini with too much Vermouth, plus Vermouth is cheap, a good bottle of Vodka will get expensive, so let's pour the ingredients in it's proper order. After the dash of Vermouth using your four fingers as a ruler on the side of the mixing glass, pour the Vodka or Gin to the top of the fourth finger. This is an always correct measurement over ice and should make a perfect poured martini every time. (The average Martini Glass holdes 4 oz.) Remember to stir the Vodka and Dry Vermouth to mix the ingredients and understand there are three purposes for stirring your Martini, 1. mixing flavors, 2. chilling cocktail, 3. the ice melting adds water to the Martini which of course is part of the ingredients.
After a good stir, using a strainer, pour the Martini into a Cocktail Glass that is chilled from the freezer or from pre-icing the glass to help keep the drink cooler, longer..
For a garnish, use a stuffed olive with a pimento, or three little green olives skewered on a tooth pic. In America, many people use the oils from a squeezed lemon peel. Remember to squeeze the oils on top of the Martini and run the twist around the lip of the glass to leave a lemon scented flavor. Lastly a Gibson is a Martini garnished with a pearl onion, the taste is delicious. It's not as popular these days, but if you want sophistication try onions.
I must confess I do not like flavored Martinis, but I respect other peoples interests even if they are boorish, so let me explain flavored Martinis rules:
Never make a flavored Martini with Gin, always use Vodka, Gin is a flavored spirit flavored with the Juniper Berry which has a pine oil flavor.
Dry Vermouth is fine to add to a Stoli Oranj or Kettle One Limon Martini, but not perfect with a coffee flavored or strawberry flavored vodka.
It is suggested by my long time friend Jose Arbona of The Plaza Hotel fame in NYC, to use a White Creme De Cacao to substitute the Dry Vermouth in making a Strawberry or Coffee Martini.
The White Creme De Cacao will make the Martini have an almost cake frosting appeal on the palate. This makes for a most perfect liquid dessert or alternative to the dry traditional Martinis. For the flavored Martinis always use a garnish applicable for the drink, one would never add an olive to a Coffee Martini.
Lastly, if James Bond is coming to your boyfriend's party, remember shaken-ed not stirred Martini adds more water to the recipe because more agitated ice melting means more water. Always assume your guest wants his Martini stirred.
Have a great party Juan Jo Montero,
Signor Guadalope Oreja
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