Message 14820 of 22774 in Behind the Bar

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> > i've seen that technique, the "coat the ice with vermouth" 
> >..
> 
> I've seen this technique before but don't know what it's called.

I know you don't read long posts, but if you looked just 2 posts up on the 
list you'd find a very short post by me 
[Spellbinder] Re: Alton Brown-Good Eats that says it's called 
"Educating the Ice".

> More 
> commonly I've seen and have had guests order "In & Out Martinis", or 
> "Inside Out Martinis, or "Upsidedown Martinis" which is where you 
> pour a little vermouth in the chilled glass, swirl and dump out the 
> vermouth coating the insides of the glass. 

I've always heard of this being called "Washing the glass".  Obviously a 
generic term as compared to the Martini-specific terms above.

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Cody