Tracking down the origin story of one particular cocktail or another is rarely a simple endeavour. There are but a handful of drinks whose history is well documented and beyond question, even in the pantheon of so-called modern classics. Yes Ben Reed invented the Pineapple Martini at The Met Bar in 1997, and Sammy Ross invented The Penicillin at Milk & Honey in New York City sometime in 2005, and both of those drinks have had or do have a shot at immortality.

Tracking down the origin story of one particular cocktail or another is rarely a simple endeavour. There are but a handful of drinks whose history is well documented and beyond question, even in the pantheon of so-called modern classics. Yes Ben Reed invented the Pineapple Martini at The Met Bar in 1997, and Sammy Ross invented The Penicillin at Milk & Honey in New York City sometime in 2005, and both of those drinks have had or do have a shot at immortality.

Tracking down the origin story of one particular cocktail or another is rarely a simple endeavour. There are but a handful of drinks whose history is well documented and beyond question, even in the pantheon of so-called modern classics. Yes Ben Reed invented the Pineapple Martini at The Met Bar in 1997, and Sammy Ross invented The Penicillin at Milk &amp; Honey in New York City sometime in 2005, and both of those drinks have had or do have a shot at immortality.

THE ESPRESSO MARTINI

Jake Burger is a keen amateur cocktail historian, with a career in the drinks industry spanning four decades, as part of the team responsible for creating Jake’s Bar &amp; Grill in Leeds, The Portobello Star and The Distillery on London’s Portobello Road, and The Ginstitute, England’s preeminent educational gin experience. Jake has long sunk himself into the history of the cocktail and the mixed drink, and this
is his first book on the subject.

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Jake Burger is a keen amateur cocktail historian, with a career in the drinks industry spanning four decades, as part of the team responsible for creating Jake’s Bar & Grill in Leeds, The Portobello Star and The Distillery on London’s Portobello Road, and The Ginstitute, England’s preeminent educational gin experience. Jake has long sunk himself into the history of the cocktail and the mixed drink, and this is his first book on the subject.

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