Espresso Martini
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 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.
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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
  1. Pour everything into a cocktail shaker and shake, shake, shake, until it's chilly.
  2. Strain into a chilled martini glass.
  3. Garnish with coffee beans or chocolate curl.
Note:  If you don't have a cocktail shaker, just use a jar with a lid and a mesh strainer!
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
  1. Pour everything into a cocktail shaker and shake, shake, shake, until it's chilly.
  2. Strain into a chilled martini glass.
  3. Optional - a few coffee beans for garnish or a chocolate curl
Note:  If you don't have a cocktail shaker, just use a jar with a lid and a mesh strainer!