About Colleen:

Colleen Graham began writing about spirits, bartending and mixed drinks as the Cocktails Guide for About.com in 2006. She has written countless articles about mixology, popular cocktails of today and yesterday, the craft of distilling spirits, and the art of bartending. Integrating the photography talents of Shannon Graham, the partnership has been heightened to integrate the couple's passions, journalism and photography. This includes stories that allow the team to travel the world and bring back the stories of this fascinating industry in illustrative images and words.

She is also a nationally certified bartender, has studied with some of the best bartenders of the world, has visited numerous distilleries to learn the process of producing alcohol and interview today’s innovative distillers, and develops original cocktails for companies and individuals.

Dafne Martini

• 1 1/2 oz gin
• 1 1/2 oz pear vodka
• 1/2 oz blue curacao
• 1/2 oz dry vermouth
• dash of orange bitters

Pour the gin, pear vodka, blue curacao and dry vermouth into a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake well. Strain into a well-chilled cocktail glass. Add a dash of orange bitters.

Recipe on About.com...

"People have been mixing drinks for centuries but it wasn't until the 17th and 18th centuries that the precursors of the Cocktail (the Slings, Fizzes, Toddies and Juleps) became popular enough to be recorded in history. It's unclear where, who, and what went into the creation of the original Cocktail, but it seems to be a specific drink rather than a category of mixed drinks during that time."

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