What a crazy name for a fun and tasty elixir. The story of Eech Nee goes way back...and if you fix me a drink, I just might tell you all about it.

Ingredients

• 8 ounces of Mezzaluna vodka.
• 6 small cocktail onions.
• 2 large, brie stuffed black olives.
• 1/2 ounce of dry vermouth.
• 1/2 ounce of Dry Sack sherry.

The mix

• Pour your vodka and vermouth into a shaker 3/4 full with cracked ice.
• Shake for about thirty seconds.
• Add your sherry and stir for a minute.
• Strain your mix into two frozen martini glasses.
• Each glass gets three cocktail onions and one olive.

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Cucumber and peppers create a curious mix of heat and smooth cool. This drink was inspired by a visit to a restaurant in New Mexico. The service was poor, but the food was amazing--and I noticed that they used cucumbers in their water glasses instead of the usual lemon slice. This recipe takes a day to prepare, so be patient.

Ingredients

• 1 medium cucumber, sliced.
• 10 ounces of Absolut Peppar.
• 1 Serrano chili pepper.
• 6 pimento stuffed green olives.

The mix

• Put your cucumber into a glass pitcher full of water and allow it to steep in your refrigerator over night.
• In the morning, pour your cucumber infused water into a few ice trays and pop them in the freezer.
• When your cucumber water is frozen, fill a martini shaker 3/4 cracked cubes.
• Pour your frozen vodka into the shaker and let it sit for a full two minutes.
• Cut your Serrano pepper in half and rub one half around the inside of the bowl of two frozen martini glasses.
• Lid your shaker and shake like crazy for a minute.
• Strain your elixir into your glasses.
• Float a cucumber slice on each drink.
• I cant help but suggesting that you listen to the Red Hot Chili Peppers as you enjoy your martini.

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This martini may be simple to mix, but it has a very interesting and complex taste.

Ingredients

• 9 ounces of freezing Red Army vodka.
• 2 ounces of Lillet Blanc.
• 2 pickled asparagus.

The mix

• Pour your Red Army vodka and Lillet Blanc into a shaker 3/4 full of cracked ice.
• Stir briskly for two minutes.
• Strain your liquid into two frozed martini glasses.
• Carefully slip an asparagus spear into each glass.
• Dos Vedanya!

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We''ll bet that you have never had a martini with this unique and appetite whetting flavor. We served these before a holiday dinner party and got rave reviews.

Ingredients

• 8 ounces of freezing Absolut vodka.
• 1 ounce of chilled bottled Beef Tea (you can find this yummy stuff in most liquor stores).
• 2 cocktail onions.

The mix

• Heat up a small skillet and quickly brown your cocktail onions. Once browned, remove from the heat and let them cool. Once cooled, put each on a fancy toothpick.
• Pour your vodka into a shaker 3/4 full of ice and stir for two minutes, while slowly adding your Beef Tea.
• Lid the shaker and shake six times.
• Strain into two freezing martini glasses.
• Each glass gets a browned onion.
• Swizzle each drink four times with its own respective cocktail onion.

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This martini serves as an appetizer all by itself.

Ingredients

• 9 ounces freezing Dirty Olive gin.
• 2 ounces of dry vermouth.
• 1 tablespoon of Tabasco hot sauce (red).
• 2 large, cooked and chilled shrimps (OK, prawns, if you live on the West coast).

The mix

• Pour your gin and vodka over a shaker 1/2 full of cracked ice and stir for about two minutes.
• Strain into two frozen martini glasses.
• Into each glass, drizzle a little bit of Tabasco.
• Add a shrimp to each glass.
• Viola! Serve some food--quickly!

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Another recipe with Blavod. I have to take a moment to explain that this mysterious and perfect vodka is infused with an herb called Catechu, which causes the black color. It is an unusual and wonderful vodka. We have several bottles of Blavod on call 24-7.

Ingredients

• 10 ounces of freezing Blavod black vodka.
• 1/8 teaspoon of garlic powder.
• 1 tablespoon of dry vermouth.
• 1 teaspoon of freshly squeezed lime juice.
• 2 pitted black olives.
• 2 unsalted, shelled peanuts.

The mix

• Pour your vodka and vermouth into a shaker 3/4 full with cracked ice.
• Pour in your garlic powder while you stir.
• Add your vermouth and lemon juice.
• Lid your shaker and swirl for a minute.
• Stuff each olive with a peanut.
• Strain your cocktail into two frozen martini glasses.
• Plop (yes, "plop") an olive into each glass.
• Take a moment to marvel at the miracle you''ve created.
• Wouldnt a Tito Puente jam sound pretty good right now?

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A wonderful coffee martini. MartiniGuy has another vice (besides martini experimentation), and that is caffeine. Take the time to make this martini, and you''ll be on the dance floor for hours.

Ingredients

• 2 bottles of Water Joe caffeinated water.
• 7 ounces of Stoli Kafya coffee flavored vodka.
• 1/2 ounce Kahlua.
• 6 coffee beans.
• 1/4 ounce espresso (chilled).

The mix

• Make ice using your Water Joe caffeinated water.
• Pour your vodka into a shaker 1/2 full with your caffeinated ice (cracked).
• Shake for a full minute.
• Pour in your Kahlua and stir for another minute and let stand another minute.
• Slowly pour in your espresso while stirring.
• Strain into two frozen martini glasses.
• Add three coffee beans to each glass.
• Show off your best dancin'' moves.

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