MARTINI
During Prohibition in the 1920s
a kind of drink called 'martini' was invented
Stories about the emergence and naming of the 'national' American drink
various:
In 1862, a gold prospector in San
Hotel Occidental in Francisco
He comes to the bar. He puts a nugget on the counter.
put gold and bartender 'Professor' Jerry
A 'new' drink from Thomas for himself
Jerry Thomas does not include the drink's recipe in the first edition of his book, but the formula is included in the 1887 edition. Furthermore, the so-called trial held in San Francisco.
Also, Martini in San Francisco
It is decided that it was invented. It is given.
but the judge of the hearing has a glass
After rinsing the martini...
However, the San Francisco court did not recognize the verdict of the Martinez, California, court. According to the story believed there, in 1870, a gold prospector entered Julio Richelieu's salon in Martinez,
a handful of gold and an empty
puts down a bottle and asks for champagne. Of course,
easy to guess, there is no champagne.
The bartender pours champagne to his customer
suggests offering a better drink.
According to the bartender, the drink he serves is the "Special Martinez." A court case was held in Martinez, and it was decided that the martini was a Martinez drink. In 1992, the Martinez residents were the first to
Martini's headquarters are in Martinez
They erected a brass plaque announcing his birth...
On the other hand, the bartender at the Knickerbocker Hotel in New York is Italian
origin Martini di Taggia, named after himself
He claimed that he had first made the drink he gave in 1912.
The British also joined the debate
and the name of the drink was changed between 1871 and 1891
They claimed that it was derived from the Swiss Martini & Henry rifles used by the British Army.
The Italians reported that the name originated from Martini & Rossi Vermouth. The British reported this information to Oxford
The English Dictionary (Oxford English Dictionary) adopted the word martini and stated that the word was first used in 1894 in one of Heublein's Club Cocktails advertisements for Martini & Rossi Vermouth.
