Frozen or chilled with ice water? As I said before, my perfect martini is ice cold. Anything that warms my martini is evil. OK, that may be a bit of hyperbole, but you get the idea. So when I see my barkeep pull my glass down from the overhead rack, throw some warm ice in it and fill it with tepid room temperature water, I just cringe.<\/p>\n
I know that when the bartender pours that shaken ice cold martini into that glass it\u2019s going to start warming up immediately. Why, because the glass is warm, not colder than 32 F and probably not even close to that.<\/p>\n
But when the barkeep heads over to the freezer, not the fridge, but the freezer, and pulls out my glass I smile. I know that glass is going to be closer to O F and will keep my drink frigid.<\/p>\n
Note to barkeeps, mix the drink first then pull the glass from the freezer. That way it doesn\u2019t start to warm up while you\u2019re mixing the martini.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Frozen or chilled with ice water? As I said before, my perfect martini is ice cold. Anything that warms my martini is evil. OK, that may be a bit of hyperbole, but you get the idea. So when I see … Continue reading