Cocktail Shakers: 5 Fast Facts

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Fact #1. Bartending dates back over 2,000 years to the inns located along trade and transportation routes during the time of Julius Caesar. Tradesmen would travel these routes connecting the Roman Empire during the day. At night, they'd seek haven in the inns, where they could eat and sleep in relative safety. These were likely some of the first bars, making the people working there and serving the drinks the first bartenders.
Fact #2. In the Middle Ages, one could find public drinking houses all around England and other European countries. Over time, the term public drinking houses was shortened to pubs. Many of the owners brewed their own alcohol, turning bartending into a lucrative career. When the Europeans crossed the Atlantic and came to the Americas, they brought along alcohol and the necessary tools to produce more. This firmly entrenched alcohol consumption and the business of bartending in the colonies.
Fact #3. The use of cocktail shakers dates back even farther than the advent of the bartender. They can be traced to South America and Mexico as far back as 7000 BCE. It's also believed the ancient Egyptians used one to add spices to fermented grain drinks in an attempt to make them more palatable.
Fact #4. Around the mid 1900s, the first description of shakers used as they are in modern times was written. Metal versions were already standard equipment in nearly every bar. This indicates that their invention came about many years earlier, though the exact date has been lost to obscurity.
Fact #5. In the early 20th century, cocktail shakers were being designed in a number of crazy shapes and styles. Patent applications were rolling in for all kinds of unusual ideas and tweaks in the hopes of making them better. At the time, one could find models in the shape of airplanes, skyscrapers, lighthouses, penguins, and more.