Ordering martinis can be confusing. Generally speaking when you say "Dry" what you're asking for is less vermouth. If you say "Dirty" you want brine in it. If you say "Classic" you want the vermouth to make some noise.

Here's a real simple breakdown of common orders:

Classic Martini: Gin and Vermouth. Between 3 to1 and 5 to 1 ratio. So that's about 2.25 oz gin and .75 oz of vermouth (dry vermouth which is clear and usually in a green bottle). Stirred and served up with an olive or a lemon twist.

Dry Martini: Dry means less vermouth. So maybe 2.5oz gin and .5oz vermouth.

Extra dry: Keep going. 2.75oz gin and .25oz vermouth.

Vodka Martini. Uses vodka instead of gin. Usually a little less vermouth. A classic Vodka martini would 2.5oz vodka to .5oz vermouth.

Dirty Martini: Can be either gin or vodka but adds between .25oz and .5oz of brine usually from a jar of olives. Extra dirty or "filthy" can get up to a full oz of brine in the drink.

Perfect Martini: Again can be either gin or vodka but uses equal parts sweet and dry vermouth. It will be a little darker and sweeter.

Gibson Martini: A grown-up dirty martini. It comes with a cocktail onion and uses a splash of the brine from the onions instead of the olives. So a touch more vinegar forward rather than salty.

Vesper Martini: Look Bond didn't know what he was doing when he ordered this. Or at least the drink wasn't the important part. But generally a Vesper has gin and vodka in it along with a bitter apperitivo like Cocchi Americano or Lillet in it. Often a splash of orange bitters.

It's worth trying them a few different ways to make sure you know what you actually like. Martinis are trendy and right now extra extra dry or bone dry martinis (NO VERMOUTH PLEASE) are super popular. But that doesn't make them better. Order a classic martini and a dry one and see which you like better. Good vermouth makes a huge difference and also tones down the alcohol a little bit.

But drink what you like as always. If you want a dirty tequila martini go for it, just make sure you actually like it.

I work as a barista and I've been thinking about what my characters would order😊

Syndicate

Terran: Coffee with cream & sugar. He would probably like a flavor shot (vanilla or hazelnut) but wouldn't think to ask for it.

Raymond: London Fog (Earl Gray tea, vanilla sweetner, & steamed milk) or Hot Chocolate

Mika: Green tea, tiny bit of sugar. Or a Chai Latte.

Zachary: He'd want to pick a specific roast of coffee, but my cafe only has one (though the other location has death wish coffee & I wouldn't put it past him to like that) so black coffee it is

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Second Chance

Chrys: Limeade with boba, the type of boba changes daily.

Russell: Iced tea, probably our pineapple tea

Joce: Joce really likes to try unique drinks, so I think her go-to at my cafe would be the Elden Zing: vanilla syrup, orange syrup, lemon juice, and chai tea.

Ava: Latte, with a different flavor shot every day. Caramel, vanilla, & lavender being her favorites

For example, every time I wait in line to get a bubble tea the speed in which I order my drink really depends on how fast the cashier talks. Like one time there was one cashier who would be asking questions super fast and it would take the customer a second to process. This cashier literally asked the ice, sugar and toppings in 5 seconds flat. So that really annoyed me so I figured if this cashier can speak so fast then they should be able to listen just as fast if I spit my order out at the same speed right? 

Sounds like the opening to a joke right but I'm thinking it's more along the lines of an opening for that "reverse godly AU" thing that so many people are seeming to like.  Just trying to find out some good drink ideas for the three of them to order.

I figure Percy would order a Blue Dolphin that is pretty easy enough to figure out why, but for Jason and Nico I'm not so sure.  I've found a list of drinks, cocktails, shots, low-balls, etc. that they could likely drink but hard to narrow it down.