Sharp tux required 🍸
, half a measure of Kina Lillet. Shake it very well until it’s ice-cold, then add a large, thin slice of lemon peel.” We also know it’s named for his alluring companion, Vesper Lynd. In the film, he names his drink after her as a cringey pick-up line . The book is a bit more textured—he politely requests the use of her name for his creation because Vesper meansin Latin which, he realizes, will be “very appropriate to the violet hour when my cocktail will now be drunk all over the world.
If served as requested, it should be garnished with a palmful of Advil and a loaf of bread. Or how about the preparation—it’s practically cocktail gospel to stir drinks that have no juice or produce, not shake them, so why is this shaken? Or how about the ingredients—Kina Lillet doesn’t exist any longer, and its replacement, Lillet Blanc, while lovely, doesn’t even come close to having the body to stand up to these ratios.