The porn star martini is a passion fruit-flavoured cocktail made with vanilla-flavoured vodka, Passoã, passion fruit purée, and vanilla sugar. It is traditionally accompanied by a chilled shot glass of champagne. Some bars have adapted the original recipe to be more cost effective by using citrus and pineapple juice, though it creates a different flavour and texture. The cocktail was created in London in 2002 by Douglas Ankrah.
It is not a traditional martini, but is one of many variations that have the term martini in its name.
The porn star martini was reported to be the most ordered cocktail in the United Kingdom in November 2018.
Origins The porn star martini was invented by Douglas Ankrah, owner of LAB Bar in Soho, London, at his bar Townhouse in London in 2002. Ankrah says it was inspired by a visit to Mavericks Revue Bar Gentlemen's Club, a strip club in Cape Town, South Africa.
Name
In an interview with a drinks website, Ankrah denied that the drink's name was "anything sexual", and that he named it because he thought it would be "something that a porn star would drink".
Ankrah also denied being a fan of pornography, or idolising any porn stars in particular.
In 2019, the British retailer Marks & Spencer renamed their porn star martinis to passion fruit martinis, following complaints that the name normalised pornography.
See also
Vodka martini List of cocktails
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