Briny, clean, and powerfully simple — this is the cocktail version of standing barefoot at the edge of the tide.
The Mountains to Sea Dirty Martini is about restraint — and revelation. It's built on the wild, grounded journey of our gin: horopito from the mountains, manuka from the riverside, and kelp from the ocean's edge. Stir in a splash of olive brine, and it becomes something deeper — something that echoes with salt spray, low tide, and long exhalations.
This isn’t a cocktail that needs much. Just confidence. A glass. And the kind of stillness where a good story can begin.
Ingredients
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60ml Papaiti Mountains to Sea Gin
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10ml Dry vermouth
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10ml Olive brine
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Ice
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Garnish: A plump green olive — or two
How to Make It
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Fill a mixing glass with ice.
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Add gin, dry vermouth, and olive brine.
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Stir slowly until perfectly chilled and whisper-smooth.
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Strain into a chilled martini glass.
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Garnish with an olive — but just one if you’re telling the truth.
Serve When
The sun’s gone down.
There’s a pause in the conversation.
And someone finally says, “Alright. I’ll tell you what really happened.”
