Mixed Drink-Ware

[Doc4]

Another thought I have is that a martini should not be consumed too slowly. It is not a fine white wine to be savored at probably closer to room temperature than white wine is often served. it is not a straight up sipping whisky or a whisky on the rocks. It is intended to be served nearly as cold as possible and every drop to be consumed very cold. But for a special glass set up like the one above that meant drinking a martini fairly fast.

Something about keeping a martini cold for an extended period so it can be sipped, misses something that is the very soul and intended experience of a real martini.

one should be able to consume their martini one-handed, standing up, perhaps while one is attending a chic high-rise Manhattan soiree, while wearing an elegant dinner jacket, and flirting with a bright, lovely woman wearing a daring cocktail dress, while a trio plays just so jazz in the background.

Look how small and non-super-wide her glass is. How civilised. Nowadays we have the oversized, overflared versions more suited to ... um ... well, take a look:

... and they become so very top-heavy that even a classy dame has to hold it by the bowl, meaning the whole "hands don't warm the spirits" thing is null and void.

 

[Doc4]

Or, in any event, one-handed, standing up!

Dorothy Parker recommends this for the first two drinks of the evening only.

 

[Doc4]

Old-timey smaller martini glasses ...

... oh, the raised eyebrow at the too-quickly-downed martini!

... there's always one!

 

[TexLaw]

Spotted this evening, while watching Miracle on 34th Street.

Lovely looking drink, right there.

 

[The Knize]

Yes!