The origins of the Marstini

Early Mars colonists grew what was a newly genetically engineered food plant that mixed the genes of carrots and potatoes called “Carotatos” which everyone agreed sounded better then “Potorots”. These have a remarkable color resembling the Martian sky with a sandstorm just over the horizon. Being so remote naturally vodka and gin supplies became depleted, but for some reason Mars had been shipped tankers loaded with over 16 million liters of Pessione Vermouth, so Carotatos became the base for a vodka-ish spirit called locally “Carka”. Soon carka was combined by the legendary Martian crew dorm host “Big LuLu” with the surplus vermouth chilled by membrane separated CO2 ice into the revered Marstini giving the drink it's distinctive color and the kick of hurtling headfirst into the dusty Martian wind served in a vessel the shape of a rather large zero-G coffee cup called a “launch tank”. Like the Martini Martians added genetically modified olives grown locally that have colors in various shades of ochre.