The first thing you should know about a French martini is that it is not a martini at all, and it's only a little bit French.

The French Martini isn’t really French. It’s not really a Martini, either, but we’ll get to that in a minute. The cocktail is French in the way that French toast is French, the way the Paris ...

they bear little resemblance to the original cocktail. An appletini is vodka blended with apple juice, apple cider or apple brandy, while the “French martini” consists of vodka, pineapple ...