Finally, A Proper Cocktail Mixing Spoon

Most cocktails I make need stirring, not shaking. I needed a proper mixing spoon for making in a cocktail shaker to be strained into the serving glass.

Observe, from the end of SUCCESSION, someone making a martini correctly:

(I loved that attention to detail in the smallest things.)

I mean, it’s all to taste. Stanley Tucci shakes a Negroni. I can’t imagine why, but that’s how he likes it.

THE CHERRY NEGRONI

Build up in a shaker with some ice cubes in the bottom.

One measure cherry gin

One measure Campari

One measure rose vermouth

One teaspoon reserved syrup from jar of cherries preserved in kirsch

Stir, strain into serving glass, add a dash of soda to open it up, serve to someone else because gin is poison made in bathtubs by criminals