The Shirley Temple is possibly the most famous non-alcoholic cocktail ever made. There are different stories as to where it was created but the reason is said to be that the child actor Shirley Temple was complaining over her parents sipping their Old-fashioneds so the bartender created her a version of the drink with a Maraschino cherry, just like her parents’s cocktail. Here served in a glass designed by the Swedish designer Bengt Orup, Strikt from 1953.
The Aviation was invented by Hugo Ensslin and made its first appearance in his self-published book ”Recipes for Mixed Drinks” in 1916. Originally the cocktail included crème de violette alongside Maraschino liqueur but being hard to come by (and the fact that many found it tasting like hand soap) the violet liqueur was omitted in the classic Savoy Cocktail Book from 1930.
The cocktail glass Sferico was designed in 1968 by the Italian designer Joe Colombo who also made the Smoke glass.
The Manhattan is one of the very first cocktails that called for vermouth, and was invented before the Martini, the Rob Roy and the Martinez. One story is that it was created at the Manhattan Club at a party arranged by Lady Randolph Churchill in 1874. This, however is not very likely since she at the time of the party was at home in London giving birth to Winston Churchill. Another account was written by a New York bartender, William F. Mulhall, working at the Hoffman House in NY from the 1880’s. He wrote “The Manhattan cocktail was invented by a man named Black, who kept a place ten doors below Houston Street on Broadway in the eighteen-sixties—probably the most famous drink in the world in its time.”.
The glass was designed in 2003 by the American designer Alissia Melka-Teichroew.
The Americano is not only a precursor of the Negroni (that was created for Count Camillo Negroni who wanted something more potent than the classic Americano). It was actually the very first drink that James Bond ever ordered. (It wasn't a Vesper). This was in Ian Fleming’s Casino Royale from 1953.
The Cibi glass was designed by Italian architect and designer Cini Boeri in 1973 and was considered so futuristic it was featured in Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner from 1982.
Sometime around 1880 the Old Fashioned as we know it today is said to have been invented at The Pendennis Club in Louisville, Kentucky by James E. Pepper, bartender and bourbon maker. He then brought the recipe to the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel bar in New York City.
The glass, Kartio, was designed in 1958 by Finnish designer Kaj Franck.
The French ”75” cocktail got it’s name from the 75-millimeter field gun used by the French military during WWI. It was probably created at Henry’s Bar in Paris by Henry Tépé in 1914/15 or even earlier and was originally called ”Soixante-Quinze” (Seventy-Five) since both the drink and the field gun would knock you out flat.
The Paro glass was designed by Achille Castiglioni in 1983.
The cocktail Between the Sheets is another cocktail that originated at Harry’s New York Bar in Paris. It was created by Harry MacElhone in the early 1930s and is basically a Sidecar with the addition of rum.
The Mount Rainier glass was designed by Nic Ramirez, Matt & Leigh Capozzi in 2015 as a tribute to the tallest mountain in Washington State.
The drink Bloody Mary was probably invented by a bartender named Fernand “Pete” Petiot, who created his first version in the early 1920s at Harry’s New York Bar in Paris. After Prohibition, Petiot moved to New York where he presided over the King Cole Bar at the St. Regis Hotel. While at St. Regis, he enhanced the drink with horseradish, Tabasco, lemon juice and celery salt.
The glass, Slow Fox, was designed by the Swedish designer Ingegerd Råman in 2000.
The Angelo Azzurro was created in the fifties or sixties but wasn't made trendy until the eighties when Sonny Crockett (Don Johnson) ordered it in Miami Vice. Here in a glass designed by the British designer Richard Holloway in 1982.
The Sgroppino was supposedly invented in Venice during the sixteenth century and was served after dinner or as a palate cleanser between courses. At the time wealthy Venetians kept an ice house and the kitchen staff were able to make sorbetto. The name Sgroppino comes for the Italian word sgropare, in Ventian dialect sgropin, meaning to untie a knot, referring to knots in the stomach following a multi-course dinner. A sweet after dinner drink was thought to help the digestion.
This Sgroppino is served in Isabel Antonia Giampietro’s Narcisso glass designed in 1957.
A blend of Japan and the US with a little bit of Italy mixed in. The origins of the Saketini is said to have been invented by Matsuda San, a chef from Queens who introduced the drink at the New York World’s Fair in 1964. Stirred with ice and here served in a sake cup designed by Masakichi Awashima in 1958.
In 1919 the Italian Count Camillo Negroni stepped into his favorite bar and wanted to try something new. His friend and bartender Fosco Scarselli substituted gin for soda from the Americano and thus created the perfect cocktail, the Negroni. Here served in a tumbler designed by Massimo Vignelli in 1957.
Champagne cocktails were mentioned by Mark Twain in 1869 in his book Innocents Abroad but was surely drunk long before that. This version, also called Maharajah’s Burra-Peg(burra meaning big or important in hindi and peg being old British slang for drink) is taken from Charles H. Baker’s book The Gentleman’s Companion from 1939.
The Tulip glass was designed by Nils Landberg for the Swedish company Orrefors in 1957.
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The Martinez is said to be the missing link between the Manhattan and the Martini just as Lucy is the missing link between the apes and the Homo sapiens. It first appeared 1884 in OH Byron’s Modern Bartender’s Guide. A few years later in 1887 the legendary bartender Jerry Thomas made the recipe into what it is today. The story goes that Thomas made it for a customer traveling to the city of Martinez, California. To make this classic it is preferable to use Old Tom gin, a type of gin that is something in between Dutch genever and London dry gin.
The Coupe glass was designed by Felicia Ferrone in 2018.
Martinez
3 parts Old Tom gin
3 parts red Vermouth (for instance Punt e Mes)
1/2 part Maraschino
2 dashes Angustura bitters
2 dashes orange bitters
1 orange twist for garnish
Stir all ingredients with ice. Strain into chilled cocktail glass and garnish with an orange twist.
During the gloomy month of November eight of the cocktail collection prints are exhibited at Nockeby Bageri in Stockholm. Take some time to enjoy their amazing baked goods while you learn how to make some great cocktails and drinks.
Frank Sinatra having zombie dinner.
Frank Sinatra smoking and eating at the same time, how scary isn’t that? And the fact that he is eating brain from a skull. The image is partly a mashup between different illustrations made by the illustrator genius of Josh Agle.
This just might be exactly what you need after the first presidential debate for the 2020 US election. Something actually presidential.
One of the origin stories of El Presidente is that it was created by the American bartender Eddie Woelke who worked at the Jockey Club in Havanna during the Prohibition. He made it in honor of Mario García Menocal, president of Cuba from 1913 to 1921. It was originally made with equal parts rum, French vermouth and a bar spoon of grenadine. Legend has it that when president Gerardo Machado took over in 1925 he demanded his own version and so a bar spoon of Curaçao was added to the cocktail.
The glass was designed by Misa Tanaka in 2009 and is a combination of glass and ceramics.
El Presidente
2 parts gold rum
1 part French Vermouth
1 bar spoon grenadine
1 bar spoon Curaçao
Stir with ice and garnish with a twist of orange peel.
Nothing is as it used to be. Not even the 77th edition of the International Film Festival in Venice. But if you can’t take part you can at least make yourself a Venetian cocktail.
The Bellini was created in 1948 by Giuseppe Cipriani at the world famous Harry’s Bar in Venice. The drink was named Bellini because its pink color reminded him of the toga of a saint in a painting by 15th-century Venetian artist Giovanni Bellini. The Jellies Family Flute was designed by Patricia Urquiola in 2014 for Kartell.
Bellini
1 part white peach purée
2 parts prosecco
1 wedge of white peach
Pour the white peach purée into the glass. Slowly top with Prosecco and stir gently. Garnish with a wedge of white peach.
