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Espresso Martini Recipe

Espresso Martini Recipe

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Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 60 ml brewed coffee (espresso is preferable, but you can use whatever coffee you have available at home)

  • 100 ml base spirit (vodka is the traditional base spirit but experiment with gin or rum)

  • 40 ml simple sugar syrup (1:1 ratio of sugar and water – gently heat sugar and water in a pan until fully dissolved)

  • 50 ml coffee liqueur (we’d recommend Mr Black but if you don’t have a coffee liqueur experiment with a sweet liqueur like Bailey’s instead )

  • Good handful of ice

  • Garnish – 3 coffee beans or chocolate powder

Equipment

Equipment

Martini glass or any cocktail glass you may have at home

Coffee maker (Espresso or capsule machine, cafetiere, stove top, filter machine, will all work)

Cocktail shaker (if you don’t have a cocktail shaker, try a reusable bottle!)

Strainer or sieve

Jigger or measuring jug / spoon

Method

Method

  1. Brew your coffee and add 60 ml to your cocktail shaker to begin cooling

  2. Add 100 ml of your base spirit

  3. Add 40 ml of sugar syrup

  4. Add 50 ml of coffee liqueur

  5. Add a good handful of ice and shake, shake, shake!

  6. Pour into your glass of choice through a strainer

  7. Garnish, take a snap and enjoy!

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