It is on nearly every list in the city and it has been the country's default order for years. By 2019 it was reported the most-ordered cocktail in the United Kingdom, and Glasgow sits in the top five UK cities for it in Revolution's own 2022 sales.
The pornstar martini.
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Why it matters here
Jeff's own line on it is my taste is its shite
. He puts the shelf space down to
the palate rather than to fashion: fruity and sweet is what sells here. That
palate is measured at national level rather than in Glasgow. Twelve years of UK
purchase data to 2012 put Scotland above England on confectionery, soft drinks
and sugars.
3 Food Standards
Scotland puts 38 per cent of the country's daily free sugars into discretionary
food and drink.
4
Order it knowing what it is, or read past it to whatever that bar built for
itself.
The story
Douglas Ankrah put the first one on the list at Townhouse in Knightsbridge in 2002, and PUNCH calls it an instant hit. 1 His own pitch was the fun of it: "One can party with a Pornstar rather than a boring old Negroni." 1 Twenty years on, Revolution counted 364,000 of them against more than six million cocktails and shots across its bars, the most popular thing it poured that year. 2
Sources & mentions
- [1]PUNCH, 13 July 2020
“It was at Townhouse that Ankrah first unveiled the Pornstar Martini in 2002. It was an instant hit.”
“its popularity would endure for nearly two decades, to the point where, in 2019, it was reported to be the most-ordered cocktail in the entire United Kingdom.”
“One can party with a Pornstar rather than a boring old Negroni.”
- [2]The Morning Advertiser, 1 December 2022
“From more than 6m cocktails and shots served across Revolution sites, the Pornstar Martini proved the most popular with 364,000 sold across the bar group's portfolio this year.”
- [3]British Journal of Nutrition, twelve years of UK purchase data 2001 to 2012
“higher intakes of red and processed meat, whole milk, butter, savoury snacks, confectionery, soft drinks, saturated fat, NMES and alcohol in Scotland compared with England”
- [4]Food Standards Scotland, on discretionary foods
“discretionary foods have on the diet, accounting for, on average, 15% of total energy, 17% of total fat, 18% of saturated fats and 38% of daily free sugars consumption”