While tending bar at the fabulous Evans Street Station during a special martini event, we met two delightful young ladies that were interested in the finer art of mixing. Unfortunately, one of them was allergic to vodka and did not especially care for gin...but wanted a martini. Wow - talk about being in a pickle. We'll, long story short, this mix is dedicated to Adrianne...we think this is a super martini.

Ingredients

• 4 ounces of S'guarro sugar-free rum (how can rum be sugar free you ask? Keep reading)
• 3/4 ounce of Goldschlager Cinnamon liquor
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 1/2 teaspoon of ground cinnamon

The mix

• Add the S Guarro and Goldschlager to a shaker 3/4 full of cracked ice
• Add a pinch of ground cinnamon
• Shake like mad
• Strain your elixir into 2 freezing martini glasses
• Add 1 cinnamon stick and a pinch of ground cinnamon to each glass
• Enjoy!

*We opted to us Sguarro as the base spirit because of it is clear, crisp and is a fantastic vodka stand in. Sguarro's amazingly smooth taste begins with pure, naturally grown sugar cane, which is column distilled. The result is a low level of impurity and no remaining trace of sugar or carbohydrates.

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A long name for a truly delicious martini. If you love orange and you love chocolate - this martini mix will be well worth the effort.

Ingredients

• 5 ounces of Charbay Blood Orange vodka
• 1 ounce of chocolate syrup
• 2 blood orange twists (approximately 2 inches x 1 inch)
• 6 toasted almond slivers
• 1 ounce chilled, freshly squeezed blood orange juice

The mix

• Pour the Charbay Blood Orange vodka into a shaker 3/4 full of cracked ice and shake for a full minute - or longer, until freezing
• Carefully drizzle 1/2 ounce of chocolate syrup into the bottom of 2 freezing martini glasses
• Gently add a 1/2 ounce of the blood orange juice into each glass - so it is floating on the chocolate syrup
• Gently strain the freezing vodka into each glass
• Add 3 toasted almond slivers to each glass
• Flame 1 blood orange twist onto the surface of each cocktail*

*Flaming an orange twist is a skill developed with practice - and care! Flaming an orange twist caramelizes the oils that occur naturally on the skin of citrus fruits, and adds a nice flavor to a drink. Flaming a twist is also an impressive skill that is well worth the effort to perfect. Again - be very careful.

• Select a brightly skinned blood orange & place it on your cutting board.
• Slice a small, quarter-size piece of the orange rind, trying to get as little of the white pith as possible, and absolutely none of the orange itself - this rind is the "twist."
• Take the orange twist and with the skin side out, hold it over your martini glass.
• Light a match, or a lighter, and gently warm the outside (skin side) of the twist.
• Now your twist is warm, ripe and ready to be flamed. Gently squeeze the twist in the direction of the flame, and over the drink, so that the oils from the rind fall directly into the drink.
• Now rub the skin-side of the twist along the rim of your martini glass, and drop into the cocktail with the pith (inside) side down.

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This cool twist on the typical Cosmo is a must mix!

Ingredients

• 4 ounces Stoli Razberi vodka
• 1/2 ounce Pom pomegranate juice
• 10 fresh raspberries (mashed)
• 1 ounce fresh orange juice
• 2 tablespoons whipped cream

The mix

• Add your Stoli, Pom and orange juice into a shaker 1/2 full of cracked ice and shake like mad
• Shake some more - until really iceberg freezing
• Strain into 2 well freezing martini glasses
• Each glass gets a dollop of whipped cream and 1/2 of the mashed raspberries
• Sip and enjoy

This recipe might also be known as the Pomtini martini. We also find that some folks misspell pomegranate as pomegranite.

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This fresh pear martini recipe is the perfect light & sweet treat. A wonderful sipper for a lazy day under the umbrella.

Ingredients

• 3 ounces Grey Goose La Poire (pear flavored) vodka
• 1/2 ounce pear juice
• 1/2 ounce dry vermouth
• 1 dash vanilla extract
• 2 slices of fresh Anjou pear

The mix

• Add all of the liquid ingredients into a shaker 1/4 full of cracked ice
• Shake, shake, shake for a full minute
• Strain this delicious pear martini into 2 well chilled martini glasses (take a look at our martini glasses)
• Add a pear slice to each glass
• Ahhhhh, a delight!

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This peach martini recipe is fresh and fruity. A wonderful poolside martini. Dont forget to pick up some of our peach flavored cocktail candy rim sugar to finish off the perfect presentation!

Ingredients

• 3 ounces Absolut Apeach (peach flavored vodka)
• 1/2 ounce Malibu Coconut rum
• 1/2 ounce dry vermouth
• 1 tablespoon shredded coconut
• 2 thin slices of fresh peach (frozen or well chilled)

The mix

• Add all of the liquid ingredients into a shaker 3/4 full of cracked ice
• Shake like mad for a full minute
• Strain your fantastic peach martini into 2 freezing martini glasses (check out our selection of martini glasses)
• Top each glass with coconut and 1 slice of peach
• Sip, sip--and enjoy!

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This Pink Martini recipe is refreshing and delicious. The perfect summer cocktail recipe. You can even enjoy this martini while listening to the band Pink Martini -- we sell their compact discs too! Would you like to check out a Pink Martini CD?

Ingredients

• 3 ounces of P.I.N.K. vodka
• 1 ounce sweet vermouth
• 1 teaspoon grenadine
• 2 small hunks of pink cotton candy

The mix

• Add the P.I.N.K. vodka to a shaker 3/4 full of cracked ice and shake for a minute
• Add the grenadine and vermouth and continue shaking for another minute
• Strain your fine elixir into 2 freezing martini glasses and add a dollop of cotton candy atop each martini
• Sip and savor!

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This martini recipe is the hit of the summer! Feel free to test your own adaptations of this fantastic apple martini recipe.

Ingredients

• 2 ounces of Absolut vodka
• 1 ounce of grated Granny Smith apple
• 1/2 teaspoon apple schnapps
• 2 toasted walnuts

The mix

• Add the Absolut vodka, grated apple and schnapps to a shaker 1/3 full of cracked ice
• Shake for about a full minute
• After shaking, let the cocktail shaker stand for another minute
• Strain this fantastically simple apple martini into 2 chilly martini glasses and top each with a toasted walnut
• Sip and enjoy!

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Ingredients

• 2 ounces light rum
• 1 tablespoon of fresh squeezed lime juice
• 1/2 ounce green curacao
• 3 drops of orange bitters
• 2 teaspoons hazelnut liqueur
• 2 hazelnuts
• 2 well chilled and very stylish martini glasses

The mix

• Add the rum, lime juice, curacao and bitters to a shaker 1/2 full of cracked ice
• Shake like mad for a full minute
• Strain your chilly elixir into your martini glasses
• Add 1 tablespoon of hazelnut liqueur to each glass and top with a hazelnut
• Drink up and relax!

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Ingredients

• 3 ounces of chilled champagne
• 3 ounces Absolut vodka
• 2 tablespoons of raspberry puree
• 2 fresh raspberries

The mix

• Add your vodka to a shaker that is 3/4 full of cracked ice
• Shake, shake, shake and let stand for a minute or two
• Add 1 tablespoon per glass of raspberry puree into the bottom of 2 well chilled martini glasses
• Carefully strain 1/2 of your vodka into each glass, taking care not to distrub the raspberry puree
• Gently add 1/2 of your champagne to each glass
• Enjoy!

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Ingredients

• 5 ounces of freezing Chopin vodka
• 5 ounces of chilled ice wine
• 11 green seedless grapes at room temperature
• 1 tablespoon of fresh lemon juice
• 2 frozen green grapes

The mix

• Add all of your liquid ingredients to a blender of food processor and puree.
• Strain into a cocktail shaker 1/2 full of cracked ice.
• Shake like crazy for a full minute while serenading your guest(s).
• Strain your amazing martini into 2 freezing cocktail glasses.
• Float a frozen grape in each glass and feel the love!

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Ingredients

• 1/2 ounce Absolut vodka
• 3 ounces Amaretto
• 1/2 ounce orange juice
• 1/2 ounce pineapple juice
• 1 tablespoon heavy cream

The mix

• Pour the liquid ingredients into a shaker 1/2 full of cracked ice (except the heavy cream)
• Shake, shake, shake for a minute
• Allow your shaker to stand for a full minute
• Strain your martini cocktail into 2 freezing martini glasses
• Top each glass with 1/2 of the heavy cream

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Ingredients

• 4 ounces of Smirnoff vodka
• Pumpkin spice
• 1 ounce Stoli Vanil vodka
• Vanilla cocktail candy rim sugar

The mix

• Pour all of the liquid ingredients into a shaker 1/4 full of cracked ice
• Shake, shake, shake for a minute
• Allow the shaker to rest while you rim 2 freezing martini glasses with vanilla cocktail candy rim sugar
• Strain your spiced pumpkin pie martini into your glasses
• Each glass gets a shake of pumpkin spice
• Enjoy!

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Ingredients

• 5 ounces of Absolut vodka
• 1 DeKuypers Pucker Watermelon Schnapps
• 2 thin slices of watermelon
• Watermelon flavored cocktail rim sugar

The mix

• Pour the liquid ingredients into a shaker 1/2 full of cracked ice
• Shake, shake, shake for a minute
• Allow your shaker to stand for a full minute
• Rim 2 freezing martini glasses with Cocktail Candy sugar
• Place 1 slice of watermelon into each glass
• Strain your martini cocktail into each glass (on top of the watermelon slices)
• Kick off your shoes and dance, dance, dance!

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Ingredients

• 6 ounces of Hangar One vodka
• 1 ounce of chilled lemon grass tea
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
• 2 sprigs of fresh lemon grass
• 1 small chunk of fresh ginger, peeled
• 2 thinly sliced, small pieces of fresh ginger

The mix

• Pour all of the liquid ingredients into a shaker 3/4 full of cracked ice
• Shake, shake, shake for a minute
• Allow your shaker to stand for a full minute
• Rub the piece of ginger around the inside of the bowls of two frozen martini glasses
• Strain your elixir into the glasses
• Each glass gets a lemon grass sprig and one thin slice of ginger

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Ingredients

• 8 ounces of freezing Smirnoff vodka
• 1 tablespoon of cola
• 1 teaspoon of Grenadine
• A chunk of cotton candy (about 2" x 2")
• 2 small chunks of cotton candy for garnish
• Vanilla Cocktail Candy rim sugar

The mix

• Pour all of your ingredients into a martini shaker 1/2 of cracked ice
• Drop in the chunk of cotton candy...it will dissolve
• Lid the shaker and shake like mad for a full minute
• Strain your delicious martini into 2 chilly, sugar rimmed martini glasses
• Float a piece of cotton on each cocktail
• Enjoy!

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Ingredients

• 4 ounces of Absolut vodka
• 1 ounce of Mandarine Napoleon
• 1 teaspoon of Orange curacao
• 1 tablespoon of fresh squeezed blood orange juice
• 1/2 teaspoon grated orange zest
• 2 thin orange slices

The mix

• Pour all of your liquid ingredients (except the Orange curacao) into a shaker 1/2 full of cracked ice
• Give a good 20 vigorous shakes and let the shaker rest for half a minute
• Strain your delicious martini into 2 freezing glasses
• Top each glass with a tiny sprinkle of orange zest
• Add half of the Orange curacao to each glass
• Garnish each glass with an orange slice
• Sip and savor!

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Ingredients

• 4 ounces of Absolut vodka
• 1 ounce of Jerez cream sherry
• 1 tablespoon of fresh squeezed lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon of green olive brine
• 2 thin lemon slices

The mix

• Pour all of your liquid ingredients into a shaker 1/2 full of cracked ice.
• Give a good 20 vigorous shakes and let the shaker rest for half a minute.
• Strain your delicious martini into 2 freezing glasses
• Garnish each glass with a lemon slice

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Ingredients

• 5 ounces of Chopin vodka
• 2 ounces of white Creme de Menthe
• 1/2 ounce of Peppermint Schnapps
• Mini candy canes

The mix

• Pour all of your liquid ingredients into a shaker 1/2 full of cracked ice.
• Give a good 20 vigorous shakes and let the shaker rest for half a minute.
• Strain your lucious peppermint martini into 2 freezing martini glasses.
• Add a candy cane in each glass for garnish.
• Enjoy!

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Ingredients

• 3 ounces of Sylk Cream Liqueur
• 4 ounces of freezin Absolut Vanilia vodka
• 1 ounce of Bols Pumpkin Smash
• Whipped cream
• 2 cinnamon sticks

The mix

• Combine the Sylk Cream and Aboslut Vanilia in a shaker 3/4 full of cracked ice.
• Give a good 20 vigorous shakes and let the shaker rest for half a minute.
• Add the Bols Pumpkin Smash and shake for a full minute.
• Strain your martini into 2 freezing martini glasses.
• Top each glass with a teaspoon of whipped cream.
• Slide a cinnamon stick into each glass.
• Have a set by a roaring fire and cuddle up with someone special.

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For those folks with a bit more time to experiment, you might want to consider infusing your own vodka. We have a large number of our own specially infused vodka on hand and we love experimenting with them.

Ingredients

• 2 cups of Ciroc vodka
• 1 cup of Absolut Vanilia vodka
• 1 cup of Stolichnaya cinnamon vodka
• 2 split vanilla beans
• 1 cinammon stick
• 1 cup of pumpkin meat (yes, scoop it out yourself)

The mix

• In a large jar, combine all of your ingredients and stir gently for a full minute.
• Seal your jar and store it in a cool, dark place for 5 days.
• Stir your steeping vodka for a full minute and seal for another 5 days.
• Strain your vodka into another (very clean) jar, keeping the cinammon stick and vanilla beans.
• Discard the pumpkin meat.
• Enjoy!

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