Editor’s Note

The cocktail shaker has been a design object since the Art Deco era, when chrome bar sets became as much about aesthetics as function. The Red Dot Award-winning gunmetal-black Diamond Edition from Elevated Craft is built with a double-wall, vacuum-insulated 304 stainless steel body to keep your hands from freezing and prevent over-dilution, while the Art Deco-inspired fluted exterior improves grip. The 6-ounce measuring top carries both imperial and metric markings, an interior ice fill line helps dial in dilution, and the multi-start threaded lid seals leak-proof and opens with a fraction of a turn. A re-engineered built-in strainer pours clean at 45 degrees.…