The Peruvian Vesper Martini

In one of cinema’s most memorable mixology moments, James Bond is playing a high stakes poker game and orders a Martini which he christens The Vesper — “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.” But what if that scene had taken place at a bar in Lima, Peru, instead of a casino in Monaco? The answer is this drink, The Peruvian Vesper Martini.
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