Is There a Difference Between Shaken and Stirred?

Stirring merely chills and dilutes a cocktail whereas shaking additionally changes its texture. The ice, being violently shaken about inside the shaker, also aerates the drink with tiny air bubbles, which are held in suspension in the liquid, giving the cocktail a cloudy appearance.

Are Martinis supposed to be shaken or stirred?

Martinis, Manhattans, Old-Fashioneds — basically any booze-forward drink should be stirred. Stirring these drinks produces “a silky mouth-feel with precise dilution and perfect clarity,” Elliot says.

Why does James Bond say shaken not stirred?

Bond does it, essentially, because it's part of the act and mythology of Bond. While James Bond creator Ian Fleming's biographer Andrew Lycett committed to record that Fleming liked his own martinis shaken because he thought that stirring a drink compromised on flavor.