Sir Thomas Sean Connery (25 August 1930 – 30/31 October 2020)
This cocktail is, perhaps, most famously known by its on screen persona, more than its actual consumption on the menu. Almost everyone has come to know of the famous words, “Shaken not Stirred” but few know the real deal behind it.
In the year 1962, the audiences were enthralled by the suave, then young, Mr. Sean Connery, in his famous portrayal of the well-known MI6 operative, James Bond. His charm, sense of style, and dialogues created a frenzy in cinema goers of that era.
During the film, he orders for a medium dry martini, shaken, but not stirred, which set the trend for shaking the drink, rather than it’s more staid, languid way of coming to life.
A lesser known fact is that the Bond “Martini” is actually first mentioned in the 1952 novel, Casino Royale, when Bond meets CIA agent Felix Leiter. In the books, he orders for a Dry Martini, but asks for it to be prepared as follows:
“Three measures of Gordon’s, one of vodka, half a measure of Kina Lillet. Shake it well until its ice cold, then add a large thin slice of lemon peel.”
The latter was actually used in the movie Casino Royale. Incidentally, the addition of vodka and Kina Lillet, a now reformulated quinine based aperitif, is a result of the author’s own loyalty to the drink, which he christened as Vesper, after the elusive Vesper Lynd.
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