Dry Martini

Pour the gin and vermouth into a chilled mixing glass, add ice and stir well with a bar spoon.

Strain through a strainer into a chilled cocktail glass.

Squeeze the juice from the lemon zest or garnish with an olive.

One possible version of the drink's origins suggests it was invented by Martini di Arma di Taggia, an Italian immigrant and bartender at the "Knickerbocker" hotel in New York, who, in 1912, mixed two parts gin with one part dry vermouth, added a drop of orange bitters, and named this creation "Dry Martini".

And of course, this cocktail was one of James Bond's favorites, although in the movies, unlike the books, he preferred to replace gin with vodka.