Espresso Martini
Coffee, vodka and attitude.
Vodka, coffee liqueur, a touch of syrup and a strong espresso, shaken into a thick, velvety foam. Bitter and sweet at once, it is the cocktail that wakes you up at the end of the night.
- IBA · New Era
- After dinner
- Shaken
- Glass
- Cocktail glass
- Method
- Shaken
- Strength
- Medium
- Time
- 4 min
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Ice
- No ice
Ingredients
Measures for 1 serving
-
Vodka
50 ml
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Coffee liqueur
30 ml
-
Simple syrup
10 ml
-
Espresso coffee
30 ml
Garnish
- Coffee beans
Proportions
How to make
- Chill a cocktail glass.
- Fill a shaker with ice.
- Pour the vodka.
- Add the Kahlúa.
- Add the sugar syrup.
- Add a freshly made strong espresso.
- Shake hard.
- Strain into the chilled glass.
- Float three coffee beans on the foam.
The story
Origins
ProbableA plausible account, without definitive proof.
The Espresso Martini is credited to Dick Bradsell, a key figure in London's cocktail revival, who is said to have created it at the Soho Brasserie on Old Compton Street in the 1980s, usually given as 1983, though his daughter places it around 1985. Legend says a customer asked for a drink that would wake her up and knock her out. It was first called the Vodka Espresso and served on the rocks. In 1997 it appeared on the menu at Match EC1, served up with coffee liqueur; from 1998 Bradsell served it at Damien Hirst's Pharmacy as the Pharmaceutical Stimulant. Who coined the name Espresso Martini is still disputed.
Sources (3)
Taste profile
- Bitter
- 3 out of 5
- Sweet
- 3 out of 5
- Strong
- 3 out of 5
- Creamy
- 2 out of 5
