Vesper (cocktail) in the film "Casino Royale" – and by later books Bond is ordering regular vodka martinis, though he also drinks regular gin martinis. Felix Leiter ordered a Vesper for Bond in the novel "Diamonds Are Forever", albeit with Cresta Blanca in place of Kina Lillet, which Bond politely remarks is the "Best Vermouth I ever tasted." It may be that Fleming decided not to have Bond order a Vesper again due to the way in which "Casino Royale" ends. In actuality, the book version of the "Vesper" was created by Fleming's friend Ivar Bryce. In Bryce's copy of "Casino Royale"
Vesper (cocktail) it the "Vesper". At the time of his first introduction to the beautiful Vesper Lynd, he obtains her name in a perfect "interrogation indirecte", "I was born in the evening..on a very stormy evening..," and asks to borrow it. A "Vesper" differs from Bond's usual cocktail of choice, the martini, in that it uses both gin and vodka, Kina Lillet instead of the usual dry vermouth, and a lemon peel instead of an olive. Although there is a lot of discussion on the Vesper, it is only ordered by Bond once throughout Fleming's novels – although Bond drinks the "Vesper"