cocktail strainer

Shaker's metal cap

A cocktail strainer is a bar tool used to separate liquid from ice and other solids when pouring a mixed drink from shaker to glass.

The most common type, the Hawthorne strainer, has a coiled spring around its edge that fits snugly over the shaker opening: She held the cocktail strainer in place while pouring the martini.

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bar tool function

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Tool for crushing drink ingredients

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filtration specificity

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Kitchen bowl for draining

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Opening directing liquid flow

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Family

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Top 500,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G