Chilled martini glass - you can always chill it on the spot with ice... except the water from the ice will change the taste of the actual drink ever so slightly. As a bartender in a busy bar, we chilled our glasses using ice when the order came in. No fridge space for glasses, sorry.
Swirl the vermouth around the shaker then throw it out (alternatively swirl the vermouth around an already chilled martini glass - this, of coures, tastes better - and then chuck the excess out). Add ice and gin (or vodka but I prefer gin martinis... not that I drink...!), swirl so the ice can chill everything - but be quick, you don't want melted ice to ruin the taste of the drink! - then strain into chilled glass. If you swirled the vermouth around the glass, be sure to pour the gin around the glass so that it'll catch the vermouth.
Add olives as garnish.
Options: vodka instead of gin, shaken instead of stirred/swirled, lemon twist instead of olives, a little olive juice for the dirty martini.
This is a strong drink. As you can see, it's made of gin and vermouth and nothing else. NOTHING ELSE. I remember when a customer complained to the manager of the first bar I worked in, said the martini was "too strong". We were told to warn customers that the martini is a very strong drink when someone ordered it. The five of bartenders stared at the manager, horrified. As if we didn't have enough to do behind the bar... stupid idiot customers.
God bless bartenders :D
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