The recipe for Bond's 'Vesper' martini, as described in the 1953 book: 'Three measures of Gordon's, one of vodka, half a measure of Kina Lillet. The possible issue is that shaking could “water down” your martini.) Another, more realistic issue is that your martini will be cloudy after shaking, but even that will clear up after a few minutes.The 'Vesper Martini' is the famous drink ordered by James Bond in both the book and the movie Casino Royale. Some purists and mixologists disapprove of the shaking of the martini, insisting the gin will be “bruised.” ( Note: that’s nonsense. This passage also appeared in the collection Talk of the Devil a collection of unpublished Fleming material put out by Queen Anne Press. Zeiger doesn’t specifically say where Fleming wrote this, though he makes reference to a Spectator article. Elsewhere, Fleming states his preference for American vermouth, rather than the continental varieties. No vodka, just gin and vermouth in a 6-1 ratio and shaken. Your behaviour will create a certain amount of astonishment, not unmixed with fear, but you will have achieved a very large and fairly good Martini, and it will cost you about $1.25.” “You then point to a suitably large glass and ask them to pour the mixture in. The way I get one to suit me in any pub is to walk calmly and confidently up to the bar and, speaking very distinctly, ask the man or girl behind it to put plenty of ice in the shaker (they nearly all have a shaker), pour in six gins and one dry vermouth (enunciate ‘dry’ carefully) and shake until I tell them to stop. He wrote: “It is extremely difficult to get a good Martini anywhere in England. He liked American martinis, as did his hero, but admitted they were somewhat hard to find in London. Zeiger’s Ian Fleming: The Spy Who Came in with the Gold. However on martinis, it appears Fleming preferred a mixture that was a bit simpler than Bond’s exacting formula. As with most things, Ian Fleming shared Bond’s tastes, he too enjoyed martinis as well as the other drinks in the Bond canon. We haven’t actually tackled the Vesper Martini just yet, which is James Bond’s own creation as outlined in Casino Royale.

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