They seem so good in the movies, but actually taste mostly just like straight vodka, which most people aren’t going to enjoy.
They seem so good in the movies, but actually taste mostly just like straight vodka, which most people aren’t going to enjoy.
I haven’t read the books. Is there any background for choosing vodka martinis in particular? As opposed to, say plain vodka. Was it just a more socially acceptable dose of alcohol?
The Vesper is James Bond’s personal invention, from the very first novel, Casino Royale. It’s basically his own custom twist on the vodka martini.
He explains he only has one drink before dinner, but he prefers it’s a large one, ice cold, and made very well. He drinks plenty of other types of alcohol throughout the books, but he’s pretty particular about this one evening aperitif.
The movies kind of latched onto it and just made him drink vodka martinis in general. Although the 2006 film Casino Royale had him order his custom invention from a bar, almost word-for-word from the original novel. It’s named after Vesper Lynd, the first girl Bond truly fell for in the novels.
i think one of the reason they simplified it is that the vesper martini can’t be made anymore
Why?
one of the ingredients, kina lillet, stopped being produced 40 years ago
Although apparently Cocchi Americano is very close, and therefore a good choice versus the more common substitution of Lillet Blanc
I’ve yet to personally get my hands on a bottle though
Oh neat my Total Wine and More has this. I’ll have to get some next time I go.