In a warm champagne brass colour this cocktail measure has a lovely shape and compliments the shaker, ice bucket, tongs and cups beautifully to complete the look. The surfaces are polished with additives and mechanical brushes made of different materials, which smooth the stainless steel lending it a high gloss.

If I want accuracy in my measuring (and I do), I don't want to have to second-guess the capacity of my tools.A professional bartender in a high-capacity bar needs to work lightning fast, obviously, but for the home schlub mixing a pre-dinner daiquiri, it's just not necessary. However, in the UK, Europe, Asia and much of the rest of the world, the ease and accuracy of measuring in millilitres (ml) have led to ounces becoming obsolete. Use two fingers to hold your jigger, either your thumb and index finger or your index and middle fingers with your palm facing upwards. They work in centiliters and therefore don’t use the term shot, rather they just note the cl equivalent. There’re a couple of different counting methods which people use, however the method is the same, and time is the biggest element of it.

The measurement conversions are so helpful that I use it as much for cooking as I do for making cocktails. How, then, do you decipher a cocktail measure when there are so many different methods, tools and conversions? For example, some countries might require the use of official, government sanctioned jiggers, and require that either the metric or imperial system is used. For ease of use, many jiggers have fill lines on the inside or outside with oft-used cocktail or shot glass measurements.These 4 or 5-star reviews represent the opinions of the individuals who posted them and do not reflect the views of Etsy. Japanese-style jiggers are designed more angular than a double jigger, with a thinner diameter and more height.

Hence, the cone shape of our Easy Jigger which elongates small measures to such an extent that its graduations start at 1. You will also come across the liter, gallon and cup in cocktails recipes - especially for batched cocktails. It is often credited to British sailors, who named their daily allowance of booze after the jiggermast sails on their ships.But for milder tasting ingredients such as lemon juice or simple syrup, it's not going to make a huge difference. For instance, the most common jigger measures the standard 1 1/2-ounce shot, and the opposite end holds 3/4 ounce of liquid. To measure a full measure many jiggers require filling to the brim with the liquid's meniscus (the curve on the surface) appearing as a continuation of the jigger's rim. Different countries have different laws regarding the service of alcohol and to go through all of them would be exhaustive for all of us.