![]() ![]() Others add simple syrup or crème de cacao instead of coffee liquor and different ratios of traditional ingredients to make several delicious flavors. Some have started to make it with cold brew concentrate instead of fresh espresso coffee to get around having an espresso maker. Several variations of the espresso martini have occurred throughout the years, each offering a change to the flavor. He combined the two with a couple of other ingredients to sweeten it up, and the espresso martini was born. The story goes that a female patron asked him for a cocktail that would “wake me up, then f*ck me up” while working at Fred’s Club in London in the late 1980s.īradsell’s influence on the cocktail came from the coffee machine at the Soho Brasseries being right next to his bar and vodka being a popular spirit of the time. Though there have been many claims to the origin of the infamous espresso martini, it is most popularly attributed to an innovative British bartender named Dick Bradsell. Though an espresso martini is quite different from a traditional martini made with gin and vermouth, espresso martinis make for the perfect after-dinner drink, an excellent choice in cocktail recipes for any coffee lover, or if you just need a pick-me-up while out on the town. Instead of being served with ice cubes in the glass, which will water it down, it is chilled in your cocktail shaker and then poured into a pre-chilled cocktail glass to keep it cold. Place the coffee, vodka, Kahlua, and Baileys in a cocktail shaker. It is typically served in martini glasses or sometimes in a coupe glass. Place the finely ground coffee beans and sugar on a plate, and tilt the outside rim of the glass into the mixture so that it coats the outer rim. An espresso martini is a chilled caffeinated cocktail made with vodka, espresso, and a coffee liqueur like Kalua with a few coffee beans floating on top.
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