Spectre 007 martini recipe: Bond and the history of his famous cocktail order

Want to pretend you're Daniel Craig for the night?
Kate Lough26 October 2015

Everyone knows that Bond loves a martini. And that it needs to be shaken, not stirred. But has 007's martini order always been that simple?

The secret agent's first vodka martini appeared in the first ever Bond film, Dr No in 1962. On assignment in Jamaica, a white-jacketed stewart makes Bond his drink with the words: “One medium dry vodka martini, mixed like you said Sir, and not stirred.”

Bond deviates from his 'shaken, not stirred' preference on two occasions. First in You Only Live Twice (1967), he is handed a vodka martini by our man in Japan, Henderson, with the enquiring line: “That’s stirred not shaken. That was right, wasn’t it?”

Jump forward to Casino Royale (2006) when Bond is losing a game of cards and a bartender asks him “Shaken or stirred”, Bond says “Do I look like a I give a damn?”

And what about the much-awaited Spectre? Although Bond does try to order his usual vodka martini - the healthclub where he orders it serves no alcohol - it's actually a dirty martini that he orders with new Bond girl Lea Seydoux on a train.

But you don't need an expert mixologist to mix one for you, this official Spectre recipe is one to try at home.

So next time cocktail o'clock approaches, shake up a couple of these bad boys. James would approve.

SPECTRE 007 Martini recipe

Belvedere Martini for Spectre

Ingredients

• 60ml (2oz) Belvedere Vodka

• 10ml (1/3oz) Dry vermouth

• Sicilian green olive

• 5ml (1/6oz) Sicilian green olive brine

Method

Gently muddle olives in base of mixing glass. Add remaining ingredients and shake hard with ice. Double strain into a chilled martini glass.

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