Cocktail strainer

The need for tools to strain ice in cocktails became essential after ice became widespread in the mid-19th century. In 1868, the first specifically designed cocktail strainer, the Julep strainer, was invented. The strainer was modelled after European sugar-sifting spoons. The Hawthorne strainer was invented in the early 1890s, as an improvement upon earlier strainer types. The Hawthorne strainer derives its name from The Hawthorne Café in Boston. ==External links==