We analysed the Amazon.co.uk subcategory Cocktail Strainers and kept only listings with at least 200 reviews and 4.3 stars — just 24 products qualify, which makes this one of the smallest nodes on the site. The ten below are ordered by estimated monthly revenue, and that revenue falls away fast: rank 1 turns over around £520 a month while ranks 4 to 9 shift roughly one unit.
The revenue leader by a wide margin and the only listing here selling in double figures each month — a Hawthorne whose spring lifts out for washing.
Check the price on AmazonThe revenue leader by a wide margin and the only listing here selling in double figures each month — a Hawthorne whose spring lifts out for washing.
The mid-price Hawthorne with a dense 100-coil spring, which is the part that decides how much ice shard gets past it.
Not a Hawthorne at all but the small conical mesh you hold in the other hand for double straining — and one of the few entries here under £10.
The bar industry name on the page: the highest rated product here at 4.9 stars and also the most expensive at £29.99, selling an estimated one unit a month.
With 1,417 reviews the most reviewed strainer in this ranking, yet estimated to shift only a couple of units a month at £13.
The 18-8 stainless version at nearly £25 — one of nineteen finish and size options Amazon groups under this Barfly listing.
The copper-coloured finish of the Barfly Classic Hawthorne — the same tool as rank 8 in a different colour, with the same 319 reviews.
The gold finish of the same Barfly Classic Hawthorne as rank 7, listed separately by Amazon at an identical price.
A housewares-brand Hawthorne at £8.12, the lowest price on the page and the cheapest way into a spring strainer here.
Strictly a set of three conical tea strainers that Amazon files under cocktail strainers — and it shows no estimated revenue at all in this snapshot.
| Product | Score | Stars | Reviews | Feature | Material | Price | Offer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01. Etens Hawthorne Strainer, Removable Spring Best seller Etens · Etens |
8.9 | 4.7 ★ | 203 | Hawthorne · steel | Stainless steel | £15.31 | Amazon › |
| 02. SKY FISH Hawthorne Strainer, 4-Prong SKY FISH · SKY FISH |
9.4 | 4.7 ★ | 854 | 4-prong · 100 coils | Stainless steel | £11.99 | Amazon › |
| 03. Barfly Fine Mesh Conical Strainer Barfly · Barfly |
9.1 | 4.5 ★ | 954 | fine mesh · conical | Stainless steel | £9.00 | Amazon › |
| 04. Cocktail Kingdom Koriko Hawthorne Strainer Cocktail Kingdom · Cocktail Kingdom |
9.3 | 4.9 ★ | 260 | Hawthorne · pro | Stainless steel | £29.99 | Amazon › |
| 05. Barfly M37026 Premium Hawthorne Strainer Top rated Barfly · Barfly |
9.7 | 4.8 ★ | 1,417 | Hawthorne · 15 cm | Stainless steel | £13.00 | Amazon › |
| 06. Barfly M37071 Bar Strainer, 18-8 Steel Barfly · Barfly |
9.2 | 4.8 ★ | 341 | 18-8 steel · Barfly | 18-8 stainless steel | £24.76 | Amazon › |
| 07. Barfly M37037 Hawthorne Strainer, Copper Barfly · Barfly |
8.7 | 4.5 ★ | 319 | Hawthorne · copper | Stainless steel, copper finish | £11.50 | Amazon › |
| 08. Barfly Classic Hawthorne Strainer, Gold Barfly · Barfly |
8.7 | 4.5 ★ | 319 | Hawthorne · gold | Stainless steel, gold finish | £11.50 | Amazon › |
| 09. BarCraft Hawthorne Cocktail Strainer Lowest price BarCraft · BarCraft |
8.9 | 4.6 ★ | 331 | Hawthorne · 20 cm | Stainless steel | £8.12 | Amazon › |
| 10. Patelai Fine Mesh Tea Strainers, 3-pack Patelai · Patelai |
9.0 | 4.6 ★ | 446 | 3-pack · 0.5 mm | Stainless steel | £17.62 | Amazon › |
A Hawthorne with its coiled spring sits on the shaker tin and holds back ice and fruit. A conical fine mesh is a second-stage filter for the shards and mint fragments the spring lets through. Two of the ten here are mesh, not Hawthorne, and they are not interchangeable.
The coil does the work: a loose spring passes ice chips, a hundred-coil spring holds them. It also has to sit tight against the rim, so a strainer that fits a Boston tin may rattle in a narrow mixing glass.
Citrus pulp and mint collect under the coil, and on most strainers you cannot get at it. A spring that unclips for washing is the most practical feature in this list, and it is on the strainer that outsells everything else here.
The prongs stop the strainer sliding into the tin while you pour at an angle. Four is the usual number; fewer means holding it down with a thumb through the whole pour, which is fine once and tiring over a party.
Copper and gold strainers are plating over steel and are chosen to match a bar set. They meet acidic juice and ice on every serve, so treat the colour as decoration and expect bare steel to age more gracefully.
Every product on this page is a single strainer. Cocktail shakers frequently have one built into the cap, so check the drawer before adding a second Hawthorne — the gap in most home kits is the fine mesh, not the spring.
It sits over the shaker or mixing glass and holds back ice, fruit and herbs while the drink pours into the serving glass. Without one, the ice you shook with lands in the drink and carries on diluting it.
For a Negroni or an Old Fashioned the Hawthorne alone is enough. For anything shaken with citrus, egg white or mint, bartenders pour through the Hawthorne and a small conical mesh at the same time, which is called double straining. Both types appear in this top ten.
Amazon assigns products to category nodes, and a three-piece conical tea strainer set has ended up filed under cocktail strainers. We label it rather than quietly remove it, because it is part of what this category actually returns.
The order comes from estimated monthly revenue per ASIN, not from star rating and not from bestseller rank. Only listings with at least 200 reviews and an average of 4.3 stars were included, which leaves 24 products in this node. Revenue drops from about £520 at rank 1 to nothing at rank 10, so the lower half of this table is a very thin market.
The score is not our own hands-on test. It is calculated transparently from public Amazon data: 75% from the average star rating and 25% from the number of reviews, weighted logarithmically. The ranking order itself comes from estimated monthly revenue per ASIN. Prices, ratings and review counts were retrieved from Amazon.co.uk on 22 July 2026 and can change at any time.
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