Traditionally, there's only one real martini - gin and a splash of vermouth (optional olives). Even a vodka martini has to be prefaced with "vodka" because it's an alteration of the classic.
Anything else is just a mixed drink that happens to be in a martini shaped glass. Too bad the word "martini" has been bastardized by the trend of girlie frou-frou drinks. For instance,instead of an Apple Martini - or Appletini - it should be called what it is: "A Sugar Based Artificial Flavored Girlie Drink Put In A Martini Glass To Sound Cool." Same with all the rest.
So the question "How do you like it?" really means - how dry, wet, type of gin, shaken, stirred, olives (how many) and maybe vodka or extra olive juice (dirty)? None of these poseur drinks.
