Shaken , not stirred - wikipedia Shaken , not stirred Jump to : navigation , search This article is about the catchphrase . For other uses , see Shaken , not stirred ( disambiguation ) . This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . ( March 2018 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message ) A vodka martini `` Shaken , not stirred '' is a catchphrase of Ian Fleming 's fictional British Secret Service agent James Bond and describes his preference for the preparation of his martini cocktails . The phrase first appears in the novel Diamonds Are Forever ( 1956 ) , though Bond himself does not actually say it until Dr. No ( 1958 ) , where his exact words are `` shaken and not stirred . '' In the film adaptations of Fleming 's novels , the phrase is first uttered by the villain , Dr. Julius No , when he offers the drink in Dr. No ( 1962 ) , and it is not uttered by Bond himself ( played by Sean Connery ) until Goldfinger ( 1964 ) . It is used in numerous Bond films thereafter with the notable exceptions of You Only Live Twice ( 1967 ) , in which the drink is wrongly offered as `` stirred , not shaken '' , to Bond 's response `` that 's right '' , and Casino Royale ( 2006 ) in which Bond , after losing millions of dollars in a game of poker , is asked if he wants his martini shaken or stirred and snaps , `` Do I look like I give a damn ? '' Contents ( hide ) 1 Variations in the Bond novels and films 1.1 Novels 1.2 Film 1.2. 1 Sean Connery 1.2. 2 George Lazenby 1.2. 3 Roger Moore 1.2. 4 Timothy Dalton 1.2. 5 Pierce Brosnan 1.2. 6 Daniel Craig 2 Purpose of shaking 3 Other 007 drinking habits 3.1 Spirits 3.2 Wines 3.3 Others 4 See also 5 References 6 External links Variations in the Bond novels and films ( edit ) Novels ( edit ) The earliest form of the `` shaken , not stirred '' motif appears in the first Bond novel , Casino Royale ( 1953 ) . After meeting his CIA contact Felix Leiter for the first time , Bond orders a drink from a barman while at the casino . ' A dry martini , ' he said . ' One . In a deep champagne goblet . ' ' Oui , monsieur . ' ' Just a moment . Three measures of Gordon 's , one of vodka , half a measure of Kina Lillet . Shake it very well until it 's ice - cold , then add a large thin slice of lemon peel . Got it ? ' ' Certainly monsieur . ' The barman seemed pleased with the idea . ' Gosh , that 's certainly a drink , ' said Leiter . Bond laughed . ' When I 'm ... er ... concentrating , ' he explained , ' I never have more than one drink before dinner . But I do like that one to be large and very strong and very cold , and very well made . I hate small portions of anything , particularly when they taste bad . This drink 's my own invention . I 'm going to patent it when I think of a good name . ' -- Casino Royale , Chapter 7 : Rouge et Noir The drink will later be referred to as a `` Vesper '' , after the original Bond girl , Vesper Lynd . A Vesper differs from Bond 's usual cocktail of choice , the martini , in that it uses both gin and vodka , Kina Lillet instead of vermouth , and lemon peel instead of an olive . In the same scene Bond gives more details about the Vesper , telling the same barman that vodka made from grain instead of potatoes makes the drink even better . Kina Lillet is no longer available , but can be approximated by using the sweeter Lillet Blanc along with a dash of Angostura Bitters . Another Kina ( or quinine ) apertif which has the bite and approximate flavour is Cocchi Americano . Russian and Polish vodkas were also always preferred by Bond if they were in stock . Although there is a lot of discussion on the Vesper , it is only ordered once throughout Fleming 's novels and by later books Bond is ordering regular vodka martinis , though he also drinks regular gin martinis . In total , Bond orders 19 vodka martinis and 16 gin martinis throughout Fleming 's novels and short stories . Film ( edit ) This section does not cite any sources . Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . ( March 2018 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message ) The American Film Institute honoured Goldfinger and the phrase on 21 July 2005 by ranking it # 90 on a list of best movie quotes in the past 100 years of film . Sean Connery ( edit ) The shaken Martini is mentioned twice in the first Bond film Dr. No ( 1962 ) . When Bond has presumably ordered a drink from room service to his hotel room , it is mixed by a waiter , who says `` one medium dry vodka martini mixed like you said , sir , but not stirred . '' ( A slice of lime was in the bottom of the glass . ) Later , Dr. No presents Bond with a drink -- `` A medium dry martini , lemon peel . Shaken , not stirred . '' Bond did not vocally order one himself until Goldfinger ( 1964 ) . In the 1967 film You Only Live Twice , Bond 's contact Henderson prepares a martini for Bond and says , `` That 's , um , stirred not shaken . That was right , was n't it ? '' To which Bond replies politely , `` Perfect . '' George Lazenby ( edit ) In George Lazenby 's only film as Bond , On Her Majesty 's Secret Service , Bond never actually orders himself a drink , but when he meets Marc - Ange Draco for the first time , Draco tells his assistant , Olympe , to get a dry martini for Bond . Draco then adds , `` Shaken , not stirred . '' Roger Moore ( edit ) Roger Moore 's Bond never actually ordered one himself , but has one ordered for him several times , nonetheless . In the 1977 film The Spy Who Loved Me , Anya Amasova orders him one . In Moonraker , his drink is prepared by Manuela . In Octopussy , the title character ( Maud Adams ) herself greets Bond by mixing his drink . Timothy Dalton ( edit ) Timothy Dalton 's Bond ordered his trademark Martini in each of his films . In The Living Daylights he and Kara arrive in Austria where he orders a martini `` Shaken , not stirred '' shortly after entering their hotel . For his second film , Licence to Kill he does n't directly order it . Instead , he tells Pam Bouvier what drink he 'd like as he plays Blackjack , only to end up disappearing shortly after , leaving Bouvier to down the entire martini in one long gulp . Pierce brosnan ( edit ) In GoldenEye , Bond orders the drink in a casino while talking with Xenia Onatopp , and later , Zukovsky refers to Bond as a `` charming , sophisticated secret agent . Shaken , but not stirred . '' In Tomorrow Never Dies , Paris Carver orders the drink for Bond after the two meet again after years apart . While Paris ' choice of drink had changed , Bond 's had not . In The World Is Not Enough , Bond orders the drink in Zukovsky 's casino . In Die Another Day , Bond is coming back on a rather turbulent British Airways flight . The air hostess ( played by Roger Moore 's daughter Deborah ) serves him his martini , to which Bond replies , `` Luckily I asked for it shaken . '' . Later in the film , when Bond travels to Gustav Graves ' ice palace in Iceland , he orders another martini , sarcastically telling the bartender `` Plenty of ice , if you can spare it . '' Daniel Craig ( edit ) The Vesper was reused in the 2006 film version of Casino Royale , while Bond is playing poker to defeat Le Chiffre . Daniel Craig 's Bond ordered the drink , providing great detail about how it should be prepared . The other poker players order the Vesper as well , with Felix Leiter telling the bartender to `` Keep the fruit '' with his . Later , after Bond loses money to Le Chiffre , he orders another martini , but when the barman asks whether he would like it shaken or stirred , Bond snaps , `` Do I look like I give a damn ? '' In Quantum of Solace , the bartender on an airplane gives the precise recipe for the Vesper from Fleming 's novel Casino Royale , which was a minor anachronism since Kina Lillet was reformulated ( removing the Kina ) in 1986 , 22 years before the film 's production . Bond is purported to have drunk six of them . In Skyfall , when talking to Bond girl Sévérine at a casino bar , the bartender is seen shaking Bond 's martini before pouring it , to which Bond comments `` perfect '' . In Spectre , Bond orders his signature drink in a mountaintop resort , only to be told to his disdain that he is at a health clinic and that the bar does not serve alcohol . Q instead orders Bond an unpleasant - looking green - coloured ' prolytic digestive enzyme shake ' , and a disgusted Bond asks the barman `` Do me a favor , will you ? Throw that down the toilet . Cut out the middleman . '' Purpose of shaking ( edit ) Cocktail shaker Scientists , specifically biochemists , and martini connoisseurs have investigated the difference between a martini shaken and a martini stirred . The Department of Biochemistry at the University of Western Ontario in Canada conducted a study to determine if the preparation of a martini has an influence on their antioxidant capacity ; the study found that the shaken gin martinis were able to break down hydrogen peroxide and leave only 0.072 % of the peroxide behind , versus the stirred gin martini , which left behind 0.157 % of the peroxide . Thus a shaken martini has more antioxidants than a stirred one . The study was done at the time because moderate consumption of alcohol appears to reduce the risk of cataracts , cardiovascular disease , and stroke . Andrew Lycett , an Ian Fleming biographer , believed that Fleming liked his martinis shaken , not stirred , because Fleming thought that stirring a drink diminished its flavour . Lycett also noted that Fleming preferred gin and vermouth for his martini . It has also been said that Fleming was a fan of martinis shaken by Hans Schröder , a German bartender . Harry Craddock 's Savoy Cocktail Book ( 1930 ) prescribes shaking for all its martini recipes . However , many bartenders insist that any cocktail that involves nothing but transparent ingredients -- such as martinis , manhattans , and negronis -- must be stirred in order to maintain clarity and texture . Shaking a drink is quite violent and necessarily introduces air bubbles into the mix . This results in a cloudy appearance and a somewhat different texture on the tongue when compared with a stirred drink . However , when any of the ingredients are opaque ( such as citrus juices , dairy , or eggs ) , aesthetically pleasing clarity and texture are not as much of an issue . Furthermore , studies have shown that , while techniques and type of ice used to play a role in the final effect of chilling and diluting a drink , both shaking and stirring can result in chilling the drink with equal effectiveness ; stirring takes longer . However , shaking is much faster , and bartenders do not stir long enough to reach the matching temperature and dilution . In essence , then , James Bond does n't seem to care that his martini will be ugly upon presentation , or he might prefer the `` shaken '' version for its texture , or for its lower alcohol by volume . Some connoisseurs believe that shaking gin is a faux pas , supposedly because the shaking `` bruises '' the gin ( a term referring to a slight bitter taste that can allegedly occur when gin is shaken ) . In Fleming 's novel Casino Royale , it is stated that Bond `` watched as the deep glass became frosted with the pale golden drink , slightly aerated by the bruising of the shaker , '' suggesting that Bond was requesting it shaken because of the vodka it contained . Prior to the 1960s , vodka was , for the most part , refined from potatoes ( usually cheaper brands ) . This element made the vodka oily . To disperse the oil , Bond ordered his martinis shaken ; thus , in the same scene where he orders the martini , he tells the barman about how vodka made from grain rather than potatoes makes his drink even better . Shaking is also said to dissolve the vermouth better , making it less oily tasting . While properly called a Bradford , a shaken martini also appears cloudier than when stirred . This is caused by the small fragments of ice present in a shaken martini . This also brings into question the movie versions , which are never cloudy . In `` Stirred , '' an episode of The West Wing , President Josiah Bartlet disagrees with Bond in a conversation with his aide Charlie Young : Bartlet : Can I tell you what 's messed up about James Bond ? Young : Nothing . Bartlet : Shaken , not stirred , will get you cold water with a dash of gin and dry vermouth . The reason you stir it with a special spoon is so not to chip the ice . James is ordering a weak martini and being snooty about it . Other 007 drinking habits ( edit ) Spirits ( edit ) Bond 's drinking habits mirror those of his creator , Ian Fleming . Fleming , as well as Bond throughout the novels , had a preference for bourbon whiskey . Fleming himself had had a fondness for gin , drinking as much as a bottle a day ; however , he was converted to bourbon at the behest of his doctor who informed him of his failing health . Otherwise , in the films James Bond normally has a fondness for vodka that is accompanied by product placement for a brand . For instance , Smirnoff was clearly shown in 1997 's Tomorrow Never Dies , in which Bond sits drinking a bottle while in his hotel room in Hamburg . Other brands featured in the films have included Absolut Vodka , Stolichnaya and Finlandia . In the film GoldenEye , Bond suggests cognac when offered a drink by M , who gives him bourbon instead , as it is her preference . The whiskey poured is in fact Jack Daniel 's , which markets itself as a Tennessee Whiskey , which is legally a sub-category of bourbon -- often distinguished from bourbon itself . In Goldfinger , Bond drinks a mint julep at Auric Goldfinger 's Kentucky stud farm , and in Thunderball , Largo gives Bond a Rum Collins . Bond is also seen in Quantum of Solace drinking bottled beer when meeting with Felix Leiter in a Bolivian bar . In Die Another Day , Bond drinks a mojito . In Casino Royale , Bond orders Mount Gay Rum with soda . In that film , he also invents the famous `` Vesper '' cocktail -- a variation on a martini -- originally included in the novel but not seen in the films until the reboot . In Skyfall , the villain Raoul Silva says he believes 50 - year - old Macallan single malt whisky to be one of Bond 's favorites . Also in Goldfinger during a briefing on the villain , their host offers a refill with , `` Have a little more of this rather disappointing brandy . '' M replies , `` Why , what is the matter with it ? '' Bond replies , `` I 'd say it was a 30 - year - old Fine ( as in Fine brandy ) indifferently blended , Sir ... with an overdose of Bon bois . '' Bon bois is a Cognac region known for its poor soils . It is a low quality Cognac , and Bond is saying that too much of this was used in the blend . In the novel Moonraker , it is noted in the card club Blades , Bond adds a single pinch of black pepper to his glass of fine Wolfschmidt vodka , much to M 's consternation , to which Bond says he got into the habit in joints that served villainous home brew . It sinks all the poisons to the bottom , and Bond got to like the taste . However , he does admit that he should not have insulted the Club Wolfschmidt . Wines ( edit ) This section needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . ( March 2018 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message ) In several of the Bond films , he is known to prefer Bollinger and Dom Pérignon champagne . Never primarily a red wine drinker , Bond tended to favour Château Mouton Rothschild ; a 1947 vintage in Goldfinger , and half a bottle On Her Majesty 's Secret Service , a 1934 ordered by M in Moonraker , and a ' 55 in Diamonds are Forever -- where Bond unveiled the assassin Wint posing as a waiter because the latter did n't know that Mouton - Rothschild is a claret . In the Jeffery Deaver novel Carte Blanche , Bond expresses a knowledge and appreciation of South African wine . In the film of Diamonds Are Forever , Bond savors a glass of sherry and fools M into thinking Bond has made a mistake when he pronounces a year of make ( `` ' 51 '' ) . When Bond is informed that sherry has no vintage , he replies ( to a non-plussed M ) that he was discerning the vintage of the wine on which the sherry is based -- 1851 . Others ( edit ) This section does not cite any sources . Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . ( March 2018 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message ) In You Only Live Twice , Bond opts for sake over his usual martini , indicating that he especially likes it when it 's served at the correct temperature of 98.4 degrees Fahrenheit ( 37 ° Celsius , normal body temperature ) . Tiger , his host , is impressed and tells Bond he is exceptionally cultured -- for a European . In Licence to Kill when in the dive bar called Barrelhead Bar , he orders the same as his contact , Pam Bouvier , a `` Bud with a lime . '' Aside from alcoholic beverages , Bond is a coffee drinker and eschews tea with a passion , believing it to have been a factor in the fall of the British Empire and referring to it as `` a cup of mud '' ( in Fleming 's Goldfinger ) . In the novel Live and Let Die , he expresses his fondness for Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee -- while in the film adaptation he is shown operating a La Pavoni Europiccola lever coffee machine in the kitchen of his flat . In the Fleming novel of From Russia With Love he is shown to own a Chemex Coffeemaker and prefers his coffee brewed that way , while in the film version he orders coffee `` very black '' for breakfast from his hotel 's room service ; in Kerim Bey 's office he asks for his coffee `` medium sweet '' when offered . He also accepts a cup , refusing cream or sugar , from Franz Sanchez in Licence to Kill -- whereas in Moonraker he refuses a cup of tea offered by Hugo Drax . In The Living Daylights , Bond tastes a cup of café coffee he is served in the Prater Amusement Park , Vienna , making a face when it is not up to his standards . See also ( edit ) Outline of James Bond Drinking culture References ( edit ) Jump up ^ Fleming , Ian ( 1953 ) . Casino Royale . Glidrose Productions . p. 45 . ISBN 0 - 14 - 200202 - X . Jump up ^ `` The Quest for Kina Lillet - Savoy Stomp '' . Archived from the original on 2008 - 05 - 05 . Jump up ^ Courtesy of Allessandro Pallazi of Duke 's Hotel in London Jump up ^ `` Novel Statistics '' . Make Mine a 007 ... Archived from the original on July 9 , 2006 . Retrieved April 12 , 2006 . Jump up ^ `` AFI 's 100 Years ... 100 Movie Quotes '' . www.afi.com . Jump up ^ Hirst , M. ; Trevithick , J.R. ( 18 December 1999 ) . `` Shaken , not stirred : bio-analytical study of the antioxidant activities of martinis '' . British Medical Journal . 319 ( 7225 ) : 1600 -- 2 . doi : 10.1136 / bmj. 319.7225. 1600 . PMC 28303 . PMID 10600955 . Retrieved 2006 - 04 - 12 . Jump up ^ Lycett , Andrew ( 1996 ) . Ian Fleming : The Man Behind James Bond . Turner Pub . ISBN 1 - 57036 - 343 - 9 . Jump up ^ `` Rum Trader in Berlin '' . Retrieved 2006 - 06 - 28 . Jump up ^ `` Wo der Barkeeper noch Gentleman ist '' ( in German ) . Archived from the original on April 4 , 2005 . Retrieved 2006 - 06 - 28 . Jump up ^ Hamilton , William L. ( December 15 , 2002 ) . `` SHAKEN AND STIRRED ; East Meets West '' . The New York Times . Jump up ^ laissezfare ( 1 July 2009 ) . `` Dukes Bar -- The Martini that Inspired Ian Fleming '' . Jump up ^ Craddock , Harry ( 2011 ) . The Savoy Cocktail Book . Pavilion Books . pp. 102 -- 103 . ISBN 978 - 1 - 86205 - 296 - 3 . Jump up ^ Arnold , Dave . `` Cocktail Science in General : Part 1 of 2 '' . Jump up ^ Arnold , Dave . `` Tales of The Cocktail : Science of Shaking II '' . Jump up ^ `` The Straight Dope Investigation : Shaking v Stirring '' . Why did James Bond want his martinis shaken , not stirred ? . Retrieved April 12 , 2006 . Jump up ^ Embury , David ( 1948 ) . The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks . Garden City , NY : Doubleday . p. 101 . LCC TX951 . E55 . Jump up ^ `` The West Wing '' Stirred ( 2002 ) - Memorable quotes . Jump up ^ Chancellor , Henry ( 2005 ) . James Bond : The Man and His World . John Murray . p. 94 . ISBN 0 - 7195 - 6815 - 3 . Jump up ^ `` NAFTA - Chapter 3 - Annex 307.3 to Annex 315 '' . www.sice.oas.org . Jump up ^ David Leigh . The Complete Guide to the Drinks of James Bond ( Second ed . ) . p. 11 . Jump up ^ `` Dom Perignon James Bond Centenary Celebrations '' . External links ( edit ) `` Shaken and Stirred , James Bond Loves His Booze '' at Time.com . 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This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . ( March 2018 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message ) This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . ( March 2018 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message ) `` Shaken , not stirred '' is a catchphrase of Ian Fleming 's fictional British Secret Service agent James Bond and describes his preference for the preparation of his martini cocktails . The phrase first appears in the novel Diamonds Are Forever ( 1956 ) , though Bond himself does not actually say it until Dr. No ( 1958 ) , where his exact words are `` shaken and not stirred . '' In the film adaptations of Fleming 's novels , the phrase is first uttered by the villain , Dr. Julius No , when he offers the drink in Dr. No ( 1962 ) , and it is not uttered by Bond himself ( played by Sean Connery ) until Goldfinger ( 1964 ) . It is used in numerous Bond films thereafter with the notable exceptions of You Only Live Twice ( 1967 ) , in which the drink is wrongly offered as `` stirred , not shaken '' , to Bond 's response `` that 's right '' , and Casino Royale ( 2006 ) in which Bond , after losing millions of dollars in a game of poker , is asked if he wants his martini shaken or stirred and snaps , `` Do I look like I give a damn ? '' The earliest form of the `` shaken , not stirred '' motif appears in the first Bond novel , Casino Royale ( 1953 ) . After meeting his CIA contact Felix Leiter for the first time , Bond orders a drink from a barman while at the casino . ' A dry martini , ' he said . ' One . In a deep champagne goblet . ' ' Oui , monsieur . ' ' Just a moment . Three measures of Gordon 's , one of vodka , half a measure of Kina Lillet . Shake it very well until it 's ice - cold , then add a large thin slice of lemon peel . Got it ? ' ' Certainly monsieur . ' The barman seemed pleased with the idea . ' Gosh , that 's certainly a drink , ' said Leiter . Bond laughed . ' When I 'm ... er ... concentrating , ' he explained , ' I never have more than one drink before dinner . But I do like that one to be large and very strong and very cold , and very well made . I hate small portions of anything , particularly when they taste bad . This drink 's my own invention . I 'm going to patent it when I think of a good name . ' The drink will later be referred to as a `` Vesper '' , after the original Bond girl , Vesper Lynd . A Vesper differs from Bond 's usual cocktail of choice , the martini , in that it uses both gin and vodka , Kina Lillet instead of vermouth , and lemon peel instead of an olive . In the same scene Bond gives more details about the Vesper , telling the same barman that vodka made from grain instead of potatoes makes the drink even better . Kina Lillet is no longer available , but can be approximated by using the sweeter Lillet Blanc along with a dash of Angostura Bitters . Another Kina ( or quinine ) apertif which has the bite and approximate flavour is Cocchi Americano . Russian and Polish vodkas were also always preferred by Bond if they were in stock . Although there is a lot of discussion on the Vesper , it is only ordered once throughout Fleming 's novels and by later books Bond is ordering regular vodka martinis , though he also drinks regular gin martinis . In total , Bond orders 19 vodka martinis and 16 gin martinis throughout Fleming 's novels and short stories . This section does not cite any sources . Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . ( March 2018 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message ) This section does not cite any sources . Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . ( March 2018 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message ) The American Film Institute honoured Goldfinger and the phrase on 21 July 2005 by ranking it # 90 on a list of best movie quotes in the past 100 years of film . The shaken Martini is mentioned twice in the first Bond film Dr. No ( 1962 ) . When Bond has presumably ordered a drink from room service to his hotel room , it is mixed by a waiter , who says `` one medium dry vodka martini mixed like you said , sir , but not stirred . '' ( A slice of lime was in the bottom of the glass . ) Later , Dr. No presents Bond with a drink -- `` A medium dry martini , lemon peel . Shaken , not stirred . '' Bond did not vocally order one himself until Goldfinger ( 1964 ) . In the 1967 film You Only Live Twice , Bond 's contact Henderson prepares a martini for Bond and says , `` That 's , um , stirred not shaken . That was right , was n't it ? '' To which Bond replies politely , `` Perfect . '' In George Lazenby 's only film as Bond , On Her Majesty 's Secret Service , Bond never actually orders himself a drink , but when he meets Marc - Ange Draco for the first time , Draco tells his assistant , Olympe , to get a dry martini for Bond . Draco then adds , `` Shaken , not stirred . '' Roger Moore 's Bond never actually ordered one himself , but has one ordered for him several times , nonetheless . In the 1977 film The Spy Who Loved Me , Anya Amasova orders him one . In Moonraker , his drink is prepared by Manuela . In Octopussy , the title character ( Maud Adams ) herself greets Bond by mixing his drink . Timothy Dalton 's Bond ordered his trademark Martini in each of his films . In The Living Daylights he and Kara arrive in Austria where he orders a martini `` Shaken , not stirred '' shortly after entering their hotel . For his second film , Licence to Kill he does n't directly order it . Instead , he tells Pam Bouvier what drink he 'd like as he plays Blackjack , only to end up disappearing shortly after , leaving Bouvier to down the entire martini in one long gulp . In GoldenEye , Bond orders the drink in a casino while talking with Xenia Onatopp , and later , Zukovsky refers to Bond as a `` charming , sophisticated secret agent . Shaken , but not stirred . '' In Tomorrow Never Dies , Paris Carver orders the drink for Bond after the two meet again after years apart . While Paris ' choice of drink had changed , Bond 's had not . In The World Is Not Enough , Bond orders the drink in Zukovsky 's casino . In Die Another Day , Bond is coming back on a rather turbulent British Airways flight . The air hostess ( played by Roger Moore 's daughter Deborah ) serves him his martini , to which Bond replies , `` Luckily I asked for it shaken . '' . Later in the film , when Bond travels to Gustav Graves ' ice palace in Iceland , he orders another martini , sarcastically telling the bartender `` Plenty of ice , if you can spare it . '' The Vesper was reused in the 2006 film version of Casino Royale , while Bond is playing poker to defeat Le Chiffre . Daniel Craig 's Bond ordered the drink , providing great detail about how it should be prepared . The other poker players order the Vesper as well , with Felix Leiter telling the bartender to `` Keep the fruit '' with his . Later , after Bond loses money to Le Chiffre , he orders another martini , but when the barman asks whether he would like it shaken or stirred , Bond snaps , `` Do I look like I give a damn ? '' In Quantum of Solace , the bartender on an airplane gives the precise recipe for the Vesper from Fleming 's novel Casino Royale , which was a minor anachronism since Kina Lillet was reformulated ( removing the Kina ) in 1986 , 22 years before the film 's production . Bond is purported to have drunk six of them . In Skyfall , when talking to Bond girl Sévérine at a casino bar , the bartender is seen shaking Bond 's martini before pouring it , to which Bond comments `` perfect '' . In Spectre , Bond orders his signature drink in a mountaintop resort , only to be told to his disdain that he is at a health clinic and that the bar does not serve alcohol . Q instead orders Bond an unpleasant - looking green - coloured ' prolytic digestive enzyme shake ' , and a disgusted Bond asks the barman `` Do me a favor , will you ? Throw that down the toilet . Cut out the middleman . '' Scientists , specifically biochemists , and martini connoisseurs have investigated the difference between a martini shaken and a martini stirred . The Department of Biochemistry at the University of Western Ontario in Canada conducted a study to determine if the preparation of a martini has an influence on their antioxidant capacity ; the study found that the shaken gin martinis were able to break down hydrogen peroxide and leave only 0.072 % of the peroxide behind , versus the stirred gin martini , which left behind 0.157 % of the peroxide . Thus a shaken martini has more antioxidants than a stirred one . The study was done at the time because moderate consumption of alcohol appears to reduce the risk of cataracts , cardiovascular disease , and stroke . Andrew Lycett , an Ian Fleming biographer , believed that Fleming liked his martinis shaken , not stirred , because Fleming thought that stirring a drink diminished its flavour . Lycett also noted that Fleming preferred gin and vermouth for his martini . It has also been said that Fleming was a fan of martinis shaken by Hans Schröder , a German bartender . Harry Craddock 's Savoy Cocktail Book ( 1930 ) prescribes shaking for all its martini recipes . However , many bartenders insist that any cocktail that involves nothing but transparent ingredients -- such as martinis , manhattans , and negronis -- must be stirred in order to maintain clarity and texture . Shaking a drink is quite violent and necessarily introduces air bubbles into the mix . This results in a cloudy appearance and a somewhat different texture on the tongue when compared with a stirred drink . However , when any of the ingredients are opaque ( such as citrus juices , dairy , or eggs ) , aesthetically pleasing clarity and texture are not as much of an issue . Furthermore , studies have shown that , while techniques and type of ice used to play a role in the final effect of chilling and diluting a drink , both shaking and stirring can result in chilling the drink with equal effectiveness ; stirring takes longer . However , shaking is much faster , and bartenders do not stir long enough to reach the matching temperature and dilution . In essence , then , James Bond does n't seem to care that his martini will be ugly upon presentation , or he might prefer the `` shaken '' version for its texture , or for its lower alcohol by volume . Some connoisseurs believe that shaking gin is a faux pas , supposedly because the shaking `` bruises '' the gin ( a term referring to a slight bitter taste that can allegedly occur when gin is shaken ) . In Fleming 's novel Casino Royale , it is stated that Bond `` watched as the deep glass became frosted with the pale golden drink , slightly aerated by the bruising of the shaker , '' suggesting that Bond was requesting it shaken because of the vodka it contained . Prior to the 1960s , vodka was , for the most part , refined from potatoes ( usually cheaper brands ) . This element made the vodka oily . To disperse the oil , Bond ordered his martinis shaken ; thus , in the same scene where he orders the martini , he tells the barman about how vodka made from grain rather than potatoes makes his drink even better . Shaking is also said to dissolve the vermouth better , making it less oily tasting . While properly called a Bradford , a shaken martini also appears cloudier than when stirred . This is caused by the small fragments of ice present in a shaken martini . This also brings into question the movie versions , which are never cloudy . In `` Stirred , '' an episode of The West Wing , President Josiah Bartlet disagrees with Bond in a conversation with his aide Charlie Young : Bartlet : Can I tell you what 's messed up about James Bond ? Young : Nothing . Bartlet : Shaken , not stirred , will get you cold water with a dash of gin and dry vermouth . The reason you stir it with a special spoon is so not to chip the ice . James is ordering a weak martini and being snooty about it . Bartlet : Can I tell you what 's messed up about James Bond ? Young : Nothing . Bartlet : Shaken , not stirred , will get you cold water with a dash of gin and dry vermouth . The reason you stir it with a special spoon is so not to chip the ice . James is ordering a weak martini and being snooty about it . Bond 's drinking habits mirror those of his creator , Ian Fleming . Fleming , as well as Bond throughout the novels , had a preference for bourbon whiskey . Fleming himself had had a fondness for gin , drinking as much as a bottle a day ; however , he was converted to bourbon at the behest of his doctor who informed him of his failing health . Otherwise , in the films James Bond normally has a fondness for vodka that is accompanied by product placement for a brand . For instance , Smirnoff was clearly shown in 1997 's Tomorrow Never Dies , in which Bond sits drinking a bottle while in his hotel room in Hamburg . Other brands featured in the films have included Absolut Vodka , Stolichnaya and Finlandia . In the film GoldenEye , Bond suggests cognac when offered a drink by M , who gives him bourbon instead , as it is her preference . The whiskey poured is in fact Jack Daniel 's , which markets itself as a Tennessee Whiskey , which is legally a sub-category of bourbon -- often distinguished from bourbon itself . In Goldfinger , Bond drinks a mint julep at Auric Goldfinger 's Kentucky stud farm , and in Thunderball , Largo gives Bond a Rum Collins . Bond is also seen in Quantum of Solace drinking bottled beer when meeting with Felix Leiter in a Bolivian bar . In Die Another Day , Bond drinks a mojito . In Casino Royale , Bond orders Mount Gay Rum with soda . In that film , he also invents the famous `` Vesper '' cocktail -- a variation on a martini -- originally included in the novel but not seen in the films until the reboot . In Skyfall , the villain Raoul Silva says he believes 50 - year - old Macallan single malt whisky to be one of Bond 's favorites . Also in Goldfinger during a briefing on the villain , their host offers a refill with , `` Have a little more of this rather disappointing brandy . '' M replies , `` Why , what is the matter with it ? '' Bond replies , `` I 'd say it was a 30 - year - old Fine ( as in Fine brandy ) indifferently blended , Sir ... with an overdose of Bon bois . '' Bon bois is a Cognac region known for its poor soils . It is a low quality Cognac , and Bond is saying that too much of this was used in the blend . In the novel Moonraker , it is noted in the card club Blades , Bond adds a single pinch of black pepper to his glass of fine Wolfschmidt vodka , much to M 's consternation , to which Bond says he got into the habit in joints that served villainous home brew . It sinks all the poisons to the bottom , and Bond got to like the taste . However , he does admit that he should not have insulted the Club Wolfschmidt . This section needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . ( March 2018 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message ) This section needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . ( March 2018 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message ) In several of the Bond films , he is known to prefer Bollinger and Dom Pérignon champagne . Never primarily a red wine drinker , Bond tended to favour Château Mouton Rothschild ; a 1947 vintage in Goldfinger , and half a bottle On Her Majesty 's Secret Service , a 1934 ordered by M in Moonraker , and a ' 55 in Diamonds are Forever -- where Bond unveiled the assassin Wint posing as a waiter because the latter did n't know that Mouton - Rothschild is a claret . In the Jeffery Deaver novel Carte Blanche , Bond expresses a knowledge and appreciation of South African wine . In the film of Diamonds Are Forever , Bond savors a glass of sherry and fools M into thinking Bond has made a mistake when he pronounces a year of make ( `` ' 51 '' ) . When Bond is informed that sherry has no vintage , he replies ( to a non-plussed M ) that he was discerning the vintage of the wine on which the sherry is based -- 1851 . This section does not cite any sources . Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . ( March 2018 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message ) This section does not cite any sources . Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . ( March 2018 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message ) In You Only Live Twice , Bond opts for sake over his usual martini , indicating that he especially likes it when it 's served at the correct temperature of 98.4 degrees Fahrenheit ( 37 ° Celsius , normal body temperature ) . Tiger , his host , is impressed and tells Bond he is exceptionally cultured -- for a European . In Licence to Kill when in the dive bar called Barrelhead Bar , he orders the same as his contact , Pam Bouvier , a `` Bud with a lime . '' Aside from alcoholic beverages , Bond is a coffee drinker and eschews tea with a passion , believing it to have been a factor in the fall of the British Empire and referring to it as `` a cup of mud '' ( in Fleming 's Goldfinger ) . In the novel Live and Let Die , he expresses his fondness for Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee -- while in the film adaptation he is shown operating a La Pavoni Europiccola lever coffee machine in the kitchen of his flat . In the Fleming novel of From Russia With Love he is shown to own a Chemex Coffeemaker and prefers his coffee brewed that way , while in the film version he orders coffee `` very black '' for breakfast from his hotel 's room service ; in Kerim Bey 's office he asks for his coffee `` medium sweet '' when offered . He also accepts a cup , refusing cream or sugar , from Franz Sanchez in Licence to Kill -- whereas in Moonraker he refuses a cup of tea offered by Hugo Drax . In The Living Daylights , Bond tastes a cup of café coffee he is served in the Prater Amusement Park , Vienna , making a face when it is not up to his standards .