Espresso Martini
A drink to 'wake you up and fcuk you up'
- Method
- Shaken
- Style
- Modern Classic
- Glass
- Martini glass
- Time
- 5 min
Ingredients
- 30mlVodka
- 30mlCoffee LiqueurMr. Blacks
- 30mlEspresso
- 7.5mlDemerara Syruprich, 2:1
No Demerara Syrup? Simple Syrup — clean sweetness with none of the molasses depth — fine in a sour, a real loss in a tiki drink
- Garnish
- Three coffee beans
Make it well
Shaken, properly.
Add all the ingredients into the . Use the espresso while it's hot (it goes super bitter if you leave it to cool)
Add ice to the shaking tin and for 10-12 seconds
into the glass and leave it a moment to settle. If you used hot espresso and good solid , you'll have a lovely foamy layer on top
Garnish with 3 coffee beans or a dusting of cocoa powder
On the palate
On the nose, it's all coffee! Deep and roasty ‘nuff said. On tasting, it's airy and bubbly. Coffee up front with the heat of the vodka closely following. A scorched caramel taste comes just at the end from the syrup. An elevated Espresso Martini, more complex than most.
Where it came from
This cocktail was created by famous bartender Dick Bradsell in the early eighties. The story goes that a supermodel entered the Soho Brasserie where Dick was working at the time. She asked for a drink that would "wake me up and fcuk me up". Seeing a coffee machine next to him, he combined an espresso with vodka to make the Vodka Espresso. Serving it in a martini glass gave this cocktail its famous name. Who was the model? Like most cocktail histories, it's inconclusive. We've done some reading into this and the two names most commonly mentioned are Naomi Campbell and Kate Moss - who knows. Naomi, Kate, if you're reading this perhaps you can get in touch thx.
Keep pouring
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The bartender’s note
One drink, one story, one bottle worth buying.
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