James Bond would truly love this for an after-dinner drink! Cocktail legend has it that the Espresso Martini did indeed originate in England. It's attributed to Dick Bradsell, a British bartender, who made it up in the early 1980s when a customer asked him to make a drink that would wake him up and get him drunk at the same time.
Serves Two.
Ingredients
3 ounces Vodka
3 ounces coffee-flavored liqueur (such as Kahlua)
2 ounces white Creme de Cacao
2 ounces brewed espresso - cool to room temperature
2 cups ice
Optional - a few coffee beans for garnish or acurled chocolate
Steps
Ingredients
3 ounces Vodka
3 ounces coffee-flavored liqueur (such as Kahlua)
2 ounces white Creme de Cacao
2 ounces brewed espresso - cool to room temperature
2 cups ice
Optional - a few coffee beans for garnish or acurled chocolate
Steps
- Pour everything into a cocktail shaker and shake, shake, shake, until it's chilly.
- Strain into a chilled martini glass.
- Garnish with coffee beans or chocolate curl.
Recipe contains alcohol. Please be responsible when consuming or serving or serving alcohol to others.
All recipes with alcohol are intended for use by persons 21 years or older.
Serves two.
Ingredients
4 ounces espresso - cool to room temp.
2 ounces half and half
4 ounce simple syrup (see RECIPE LINK)
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 cups ice
Optional - 3 or 4 coffee beans for garnish or a chocolate curl
Steps
Ingredients
4 ounces espresso - cool to room temp.
2 ounces half and half
4 ounce simple syrup (see RECIPE LINK)
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 cups ice
Optional - 3 or 4 coffee beans for garnish or a chocolate curl
Steps
- Pour everything into a cocktail shaker and shake, shake, shake, until it's chilly.
- Strain into a chilled martini glass.
- Optional - a few coffee beans for garnish or a chocolate curl
