Espresso Martini

teas.co.uk · 12 min · Serves 1

You'll need

• 2 heaped teaspoons of Costa Smooth Medium Roast Coffee granules (about 4g)
• 60ml freshly drawn water, brought to a rolling boil then left for 1 minute to drop to about 90C
• 35ml vodka
• 15ml coffee liqueur (Kahlua or equivalent)
• 3 whole roasted coffee beans, for the foam garnish
• 1 coupe glass, chilled in the freezer for ten minutes
• 1 cocktail shaker
• Cubed ice (about 100g for the shaker)
• 1 small heatproof mug

Method

1. Chill a coupe in the freezer.
2. Dissolve two heaped teaspoons of coffee in 60ml of hot water (around 90C) to make a strong shot.
3. Cool the shot quickly by standing the mug in a bowl of cold water; it needs to be cold before it goes in the shaker.
4. Tip the cooled coffee, vodka and coffee liqueur into a shaker filled with ice.
5. Shake hard for a full fifteen seconds; this long, hard shake is what builds the thick foam on top.
6. Double strain into the chilled coupe and float three coffee beans on the foam.
7. The foam only comes from a proper hard shake over plenty of ice, so do not skimp on it.

Recipe: https://teas.co.uk/recipes/cocktails/espresso martini/