Dirty Martini - The Classic Cocktail That Never Gets Boring

Dirty Martini. It's the sophisticated drink of choice for a lot of people.

However, because the cocktail is almost purely all alcohol, it certainly is an acquired taste. Not everyone can drink a dirty martini.

That said, what makes this drink dirty? It's simply the addition of olive juice. Usually, if someone asks for this cocktail, you can add a dash, or a teaspoon, of olive juice.

Extra dirty just means extra olive juice. Nothing too crazy, right?

Martinis can be made with either gin or vodka. So I would ask whomever is ordering, whether they want gin or vodka. This cocktail typically gets garnished with olives.

More often than not, you'll use a toothpick and stick a few olives, usually three or four, through it.

If you don't have that, you can add the olives themselves into the martini glass, however, the former way is usually the conventional garnishing method.

The last ingredient - vermouth. Because organic vermouth may be hard to come by, use the following instructions on how to make your own organic vermouth.

Shaken or Stirred?

You can shake or stir a martini. It doesn't really matter. But some customers might request that a martini be shaken or stirred. To shake a martini is simple.

Shake the mixture in a shaker as you would any other drink. To stir, requires a metal stirrer with which you slowly stir the mixture in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction.

Ingredients

• 2 oz. of Organic Vodka or Gin
• 1/2 oz. of Vermouth
• 1/4 to 1/2 oz. of Olive Juice
• Several Olives for garnishing

Directions

• Chill a martini glass
• In a metal shaker, add vodka or gin
• Top off with olive juice
• Shake or stir
• Pour into martini glass
• Add olive garnish
• Serve