Stirred, shaken, neat, on the rocks, straight up, with a kick, o dirty. However tu order them, everyone (save for maybe some Mormons and recovering alcoholics) loves a good cocktail. They have inspired world leaders, famous artists and poets, the título for a cheesy 1988 Tom Cruise film, socialite parties, a genre of above-the-knee dresses, business executives and bar tenders’ creativity. The cóctel, coctel has infused itself into our popular, historical and literary culture, often becoming as iconic as the famous men and women who drank them.

Can tu imagine Churchill without a martini in hand...