Homemade Espresso Martini – Cookie and Kate

Would you like to make an incredible espresso -Martini at home? Make this recipe! I’ve been falling in love with Espresso Martinis recently and I have perfected my technology. Espresso Martinis offers a bold, bold coffee taste with a balanced sweetness. After a long week or before a holiday meeting you are a nice solemn drink.

You can adapt your espresso -Martini to your preferences. You will find information on how to order your morning coffee. Do you like it black or sweetened? Do you prefer espresso or cold brew? When it comes to cocktails, do you enjoy vodka, gin or tequila? My trick to make the best homemade espresso martini is to use Cold Brew Coffee! Read on to find out why.

An espresso -Martini offers a caffeine, so it is the perfect cocktail for sip before a party. It also tastes rich and forgiving and makes a nice one after dinner instead of a hot coffee. I generally cannot drink coffee over lunch and still fall asleep at night, but I can lead an espresso martini – and gladly.

Although the cocktail was invented in the 80s, I rarely received an inquiry during my time as a bartender in 2010. Let us do one.

Espresso martini ingredients

vodka

Wodka is standard in an espresso -Martini. It is to choose the mind whether you want an espresso -Martini that tastes like the way you order in restaurants. (If you are interested in entertaining homemade variations, try the tequila or gin variations offered below.)

Every high -quality vodka, such as Titos or gray goose. I heard The Costco’s Kirkland Signature French Vodka is an excellent and budget -friendly option, but I haven’t tried it yet.

Cold brow concentrate or freshly brewed espresso

Fresh machine -brewed espresso is standard in espresso Martinis And offers a beautifully foamy top that supports a set of entire coffee beans (three for good luck!). You could order espresso from your favorite café, but if you come home and make martinis, the foaming capacity is significantly reduced (I tried it).

This may be controversial, but I recommend Cold Brew Conenter for homemade espresso Martinis If you don’t have a chic espresso machine at home. Indeed, me prefer The taste of cold brew in my espresso martinis. It is more smooth and more beautiful and does not need as much sweetener for the balance. Try it out and you will see.

The photos in this post show the Cold Brew version. I wanted to offer a realistic representation of this recipe, which, despite the lack of foam with vertebrae, is still beautiful. If you are lucky enough to have an espresso machine at home, you will find the instructions in the following recipe. I found the most balanced taste by using less espresso than cold brow concentrate.

Buy Cold Brew Concentate in the shop (I love Chameleon brand) or make your own cold brew with 12 to 18 hours of planning.

Coffee liqueur

I tried several coffee liqueurs to make the best homemade espresso Martini. classic Kahlúa came out! It offers a rich coffee taste with an appropriate sweetness. Use your additional Kahlúa to make white Russians.

I also tried to record it Mr. BlackWhat my next best recommendation would be. It is cold and less sweet than Kahlúa, so I didn’t loved my drink until I added ¼ to ½ teaspoon of maple syrup. Despite the beautiful packaging, St. George Nola coffee liqueur Was my least favorite because it tasted like an old coffee (maybe it was the chicory?). Negroni and Americano Cocktailler will enjoy it Caffé Amaro by J. Rieger Co.Which offers a bitter complexity.

Optional sweetener

I prefer slightly sweetened drinks and my cocktail tastes well balanced with the amount of Kahlúa, which is offered in the following recipe. Correction levels are very personal, so you may want to add a touch of simple syrup or real maple syrup.

The following recipe contains instructions. Do not hesitate to use maple syrup – its subtle taste plays well with the coffee notes.

Watch how to make espresso martinis

Espresso -Martini variations

tequila

This is my favorite variation. If you are a tequila drinker, try this recipe with silver (blanco) tequila. I tested this option with casamigos and loved it. Garnish with a rotation of orange peel to drink a drink that tastes better than a cocktail of $ 20 from your favorite spokeasy. I am obsessed!

gin

My friends told me to try gin in an espresso -Martini and they were not wrong. If you prefer a gin-based Martini, this option is exactly your alley. I used a locally produced dry gin in London style, which was made by J. Rieger Co. As expected, an espresso martini with gin tastes more complex, with fragrant notes of juniper that are steamed by coffee.

Affogato style

An affogato is a classic dessert with a series of hot espresso that is poured over a ball of vanilla ice cream. For a dessert cocktail, put a ball of vanilla ice cream into a stable cocktail glass and pour your drink on it.

To make more cocktails

Here are some of my best classic cocktail recipes. Browse my cocktail archive for many more.

Please let me know how your espresso Martini turns out to be in the comments! I love to hear from you.

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