Koriko Hawthorne Strainer
A spring with enough tension to actually seal.
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The heavy spring on this strainer wraps tighter against the lip of a tin than the stock hardware most bars start with, so pulp, muddled mint, and ice chips stay out of the glass without choking the pour down to a dribble. The gate sits close to the frame and holds that tension after months of shakes, not just the first few nights out of the box. It seats flush on standard and Japanese-style tins alike, no gapping at the sides that lets solids slip through. Stainless construction shrugs off citrus and syrup without pitting. It is the strainer you reach for on a slammed service because it does the same job the same way, shift after shift.
A hawthorne strainer gets used on every ticket that goes over ice, so the spring matters more than the shape stamped into the metal. The extra coil tension on this one keeps ice chips and muddled fruit out of the glass service after service, and it holds that grip long after a lighter model would have gone soft and started leaking pulp. It fits the tins already sitting in the well, seats flush, and does not need babying between shifts. That is the whole job: strain clean, pour steady, hold up.