Tuesday, December 26, 2006

"I Think I'll Call It A Vesper... Once You've Tasted It, That's All You Want to Drink"



Vesper Martini

3 oz. Gordon's
1 oz. Vodka
1/2 oz. Kina Lillet

Shake it over ice and add a thin slice of lemon peel...

1 comment:

Ahmet C. Toker said...

Kina Lillet??

I did some quick googling on it. It is a reference to an wine based apéritif with quinine flavor from Bordeaux. Unfortunately they reduced the quinine content to milden the bitter taste in mid 80s. So its sad, but we will never taste the real drink as Ian Flemming imagined it to be.