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Subject: Re: What's with the non-Martini "martinis"?
From: DrinkBoy
Posted: Thu Oct 31. 2002, 14:54 UTC
Followup to: "Re: What's with the non-Martini "martinis"?"  by Danny  (Wed Oct 30. 2002, 20:39 UTC)
> A "martini" glass is actually a smaller version of a "cocktail" 
> glass.
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Some people might say that. But to the best of my knowledge this is not a 
industry definition.

It is easy to get confused regarding glassware issues. In some peoples lexicon 
there is no difference between an "Old Fashioned" glass, and a "Rocks Glass" 
or a "Tumbler". Others will describe very specific reasons as to which one is 
which.

I've read a few places that an "Old Fashioned" glass should alway have a 
slight depression at the bottom of the glass, which is where you would muddle 
the sugar, bitters, and the little bit of water. While a simple Rocks glass, 
would have a flat bottom. I'm not sure if this is correct or not. So don't 
quote me on it!

A Martini "is" a cocktail, and so it would of course be naturally served in a 
cocktail glass. As we've seen in the last few years, the trend toward bigger 
and bigger cocktail glasses is a slightly disturbing facination with "bigger 
is better".

One rational for serving a martini in a smaller cocktail glass could be 
justified if you break down cocktails into two slightly distinct categories. 
One being the "pure booze" cocktails (like Martini, Manhattan, Bijou, Vesper, 
etc.) and the other being the "juice added" cocktails (like Margarita, Lemon 
drop, Sidecar, etc.) The juice added cocktails will be lower in overall 
alcohol content, and therefore by serving them in a slightly larger glass, you 
end up with the same overall effect.

-Robert
 www.DrinkBoy.com


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