Where along the line did the dashes of Maraschino become 7.5ml?

The medium martini doe not make it into either Shaken (The official 007 cocktail book) or Bond Cocktails (But I hadn't realised how often James asked for a Vodka Martini, shaken not stirred!!). I tried a Head to head with a Medium Martini (1922 recipe, Harry McElhone, quoted in the Martini Cocktail book) versus this recipe versus the Perfect Martini and , for me, the addition of the Orange bitters gives the Perfect Martini the edge.

By happy chance, I ordered Madenii Classic vermouth, rather than dry, and this lends itself to this cocktail - and slips down very easily.

Interesting: with most brandy based champagne cocktails, I really have to cut back on the brandy, but with the calvados, 30ml is fine. 5ml of my raspberry sugar syrup produces an attractive bright pink cocktail - excellent for social occasions.