Bond’s reputation as a martini man is only half the story. Across twelve novels and two short story collections, Fleming has him drink a remarkable range — bourbon, sake, Chianti, beer, and a fair amount of champagne — and the “shaken, not stirred” line itself has a more interesting history than the films let on.

Shaken, Not Stirred – Page vs Screen

It’s often assumed the phrase is a piece of pure film mythology, but the line originates in the books:

• It first appears in Diamonds Are Forever (1956), spoken not by Bond but by a bartender describing his order.
• Bond speaks it himself for the first time in Dr. No (1958), phrased slightly differently: “shaken and not stirred.”
• On screen, the line first appears in the 1962 Dr. No film — again spoken by someone else (a waiter) — and isn’t said by Bond himself until Goldfinger (1964).

So the films didn’t invent the catchphrase; they popularised and repeated something Fleming had already planted six years into the book series.

The Vesper: One Drink, One Scene

Often mistaken for Bond’s go-to order:

• Invented and named by Bond himself in Casino Royale (1953), for and after Vesper Lynd.
• Recipe as given in the book: three measures of Gordon’s gin, one of vodka, half a measure of Kina Lillet, shaken well and served with a slice of lemon peel in a deep champagne goblet.
• He never orders it again. Not once in the rest of the series. By the later novels, Bond has settled into ordering plain vodka martinis, or gin martinis, depending on the book.
• Kina Lillet was discontinued in 1986; modern bartenders substitute Cocchi Americano.