Parisienne Shaker 700ml Classic Lumian, 18/10 Stainless Steel

For anyone who does not want to choose between a small format and a large one. Seven hundred millilitres sit exactly in between: enough for two cocktails shaken together when the order comes in pairs, and not wasted on a single drink, because the extra room is what the ice needs to move in.

In a shaker the cold does not come from ice sitting still, it comes from ice moving: it is the impact and the friction against the walls that chill and dilute in the right measure. A vessel filled to the brim stops that movement, and the drink comes out less cold and less diluted than the recipe intends. The 700ml parisienne shaker leaves running room even with generous ice, and that is the technical reason the middle size is the one almost everybody ends up using.

• Capacity: 700ml, 23oz
• Pieces: 2, body and cap
• Material: 18/10 stainless steel, bare
• Height: 225mm
• Weight: 350g
• Strainer: none, a separate strainer is needed
• Dishwasher safe: yes, no plating

The line, which is the reason people buy it

The unbroken profile from base to shoulder, with no steps and no corners, is the signature of this family: it is the shape associated with classic drinking, the one that sits well in the hand and in a photograph. The Classic shows it in its plainest version, with no coloured finish over it, and that is why it ages best: bare steel after five years carries a few marks of use, worn plating shows in patches.

Bare steel, so the dishwasher is no problem

This model has no plating, which changes the washing rules compared with the coloured versions of the same family. It goes through a normal cycle with no precautions, and 18/10 stainless takes citrus acidity without going dull. The plated finishes, black, gold, copper and bronze, are the ones that have to be washed by hand.

What you need around it

A hawthorne strainer to hold the ice back and a fine strainer for the second pass, plus a jigger for measuring. Those are the three pieces that go with any shaker without a built in strainer, and their absence is why a first parisienne sometimes surprises people: it is not an incomplete tool, it is a family that works as a team.

Twenty three ounces, and why the number is there

The capacity appears in ounces next to millilitres because mixing speaks two languages: the American classics are written in ounces, the European ones in centilitres. A fluid ounce is about 30ml, so a three ounce drink sits around 90ml before ice. Having both figures on a parisienne shaker of 700ml is for anyone working from original recipe books who does not want to convert in their head mid service.

FAQ

How much does the 700ml parisienne shaker hold? 700ml, that is 23 ounces: two drinks shaken together, or one with generous ice.

Does it have a strainer? No, you need a separate strainer, as with every parisienne.

What does it weigh? 350 grams empty, at 225mm tall.

Is it dishwasher safe? Yes, this one is bare steel with no plating.

Which steel is it? 18/10 stainless, the one that stands up to citrus acidity.

The more you buy, the less you pay: 4 pieces -5%, 6 -7%, 8 -10%, on the same item.

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For the comparison between sizes there is the shaker guide.