How long should a Martini be "shaken?"?!
How long should a Martini be "shaken?"?
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One or two quick shakes over the shoulder will be more than good enough. Honestly, the drink mixes itself inside the shaker and when going through the strainer, is mixed just right. The shaking or mixing action is for image. Martini drinkers are very detail oriented. I've been asked for a bone dry martini many times. That means it simply a glass of gin tapped against the bottle of vermouth. It's all about image when mixing a martini.
Only about 10 seconds
Had to edit this comment. Really, have you ever seen a bartender shaking a martini for 20+ seconds???????
Answer..... never
If you listen to these posters, you will have a glass full of foam and look like a fool while you're doing it.
20 s
Till the shaker is frosty.
for about 10 seconds, not much because i'll come out different with bubbles
32 minutes and 14 secs no more no less perfecto!
nOT STIRRED?
Thirty seconds.
20 seconds
just wack it three times
For a perfectionist 42-45 seconds resting twicefor 10 seconds at 15 and 30 seconds
Briefly, until the liquids are mixed and cooled.
Never. Martinis should be stirred, James Bond be damned. Shaking makes them cloudy and they should be clear.
I watched a pro for years and I would have to say 6-10 seconds...but this was always in the view of the client so it may have just been for effect........
It is said that if you shake it more than three times, you're playing with it. Hope that helps.
Just a couple vigorous up and down shakes will do. To make a good Dry martini, add the Vermouth, swirl it around the glass, then toss it in another glass for later use, that way you get the benefit of the vermouth, without it being too strong, which is easy to do! Good Luck!!
Until he pays up!...That deadbeat "Martin" owes me money too.
I have been a bartender for over 6 years now and I have never shaken a Martini longer than15 to 30 seconds. It will be well blended and chilled at that point.
15 sec is perfect
I only stir mine
Till the shaker has a coat of ice on it. Also, do not add vermouth to the vodka or gin. Chill the glass by adding ice water to it before you start adding ice and liquor to shaker. When you are ready to strain the liquor to the chilled martini glass, spill out the ice water and rinse it with the vermouth. Hold the glass upside down until most of the vermouth is gone, then strain the liquor into the glass for a nice, smooth, dry martini.
as a bartender by trade, i can say a martini needs a solid 3-5 seconds of shaking, otherwise you're just playing with it ( and watering down the drink, think about it!)
Holy S**t, where are these people getting their information, Go with what Mark said, about 10 seconds any more than that and you'll start to look stupid, actually there is one other person I agree with, shake it till the shaker is frosty, but that's only if your using Vodka, you should never shake a gin martini.
Traditionally you should never shake a martini they should be stirred in a mixing glass (a pint glass will do just as well). The real Martini aficionados won't allow it to even be mixed in a shaker because they say they can taste the tin. But yeah shaking martinis will cause ice chips to go in to your martini. If you must don't shake a martini for more than a good 5-10 count the ice melts quick and will water down your martini. If you are keeping the alcohol in the freezer don't even bother with the ice or the shaking just stir it a couple of seconds in a glass to mix.
7 soft shakes
You shouldn't shake it. Shaking causes the ice to melt faster and waters down the drink. Who cares what James Bond says, I don't want a wussy watered down martini.