The Martinez is sometimes called the missing link between the Manhattan and the Martini. It first appeared 1884 in OH Byron’s Modern Bartender’s Guide. A few years later in 1887 the legendary bartender Jerry Thomas printed the recipe as we know it today. The Martinez, made its first appearance in the late 1850s or early 1860s at the Occidental Hotel in San Francisco where the Jerry Thomas was working. The story goes that a goldminer on his way to the town of Martinez, California walked into Thomas’ bar, putting a gold nugget on the counter asking for something special. Thomas mixes up a drink with Old Tom Gin (sweeter than the London Dry Gin), vermouth, bitters and Maraschino and calls it a Martinez. A similar story about the same gold digger was that he went to the saloon of Julio Richelieu in Martinez, going in the opposite direction back towards San Francisco paying for a bottle of whisky with a bag of gold nuggets. Thinking he had over paid he wanted something more and was offered a cocktail which was called the Martinez Cocktail. To make this classic it is preferable to use Old Tom gin, a type of gin that is something in between Dutch genever and London dry gin.

The Coupe glass was designed by Felicia Ferrone in 2018.

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This is one in a series of illustrations of classic cocktail recipes with a selection of the most beautifully designed glasses.

The size 40x50 cm (approx 16x20”) are signed and printed on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Bright White 310g archival paper and are sold in a limited edition of 50 prints.

The size 30x40 cm (approx 12x16”) are printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art Studio Enhanced 210g archival paper.