Actually, a martini does not contain vermouth (just a vague thought that maybe a vermouth bottle was somewhere in the vicinity of the Martini at some point in time)

I'm back to the true gin martini - vodka martinis are good, but not the original one - though I'm fine if you call it a 'vodka martini'. 'Martini' by itself implies gin.

Bombay Sapphire - or, when you want something different, Hendrick's garnished w/ a cucumber slice.

I had to translate 'dirty martini' for a bartender at the Westin in Madrid (not for me, for someone else there) - definitely some eyebrow raising .

Alec

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Tom Lehrer's Martini was not quite as dry as I'd drink it:

"Hearts full of youth,
Hearts full of truth,
Six parts gin to one part vermouth."

From College Days