Espresso Martinis
To make Espresso martinis, first of all relax and soak in the fun of partying. This very easy to make and shake or stir! Voila! It’s done, splashed with love and a lot of adventure! Amongst the most popular beverages, martinis and espressos top all charts. If you have a liking for martinis or love coffee, then the espresso martini is one of the sure shot choices you can make for any party.
Martini Espresso
Ingredients:
- Vodka 1.5 oz
- White Crème de Cacao (optional) 1 oz
- Espresso coffee 1 oz
- Coffee liqueur 1 oz (Kaluha is preferred choice)
- For garnish – a few coffee beans
- Ice cubes
Method of preparation:
Depending upon your choice, instead of using White Crème de Cacao you can try using vanilla flavored syrup. The result is a uniquely flavored cocktail. Take the cocktail glass and keep it in the freezer for at least half an hour for chilling. Take a martini shaker and add the ingredients one by one. Add in the Espresso coffee, vodka, White Crème de Cacao and ice cubes and shake the ingredients vigorously. With the help of a strainer, strain the mixture and pour it into the already chilled martini glass. Garnish the martini with fresh coffee beans and serve your guests.
Those desiring to have a strong coffee flavored drink should try espresso martinis. To make Espresso martini, make sure to use only chilled espresso, for a caffeinated kick. Whether you want to make it a ‘before dinner’ drink, a drink at the cocktail party or an ‘after dinner’ drink, the martini tastes superb at all times due to the distinct coffee flavor.
Serves as dessert as well as appetizer
When you go to any party today, you will see that cocktails and especially Espresso martinis are the most popular drinks at the counter. Bitters, water, sugar and different types of spirits are mixed together to make some of the most interesting and original cocktails. A number of variations of the espresso inspired martini are making the rounds, in which different kinds of ingredients like cream, honey, milk, hone, sugar, different kinds of herbs, ice, a mixture of spirits or liqueurs, are now being added to make some of the most unique and delicious cocktails. People in a number of countries all over the world create a huge variety of the espresso inspired martini cocktails giving them some unique and interesting names.
A variety of flavoring agents are used with a combination of different liqueurs. These espresso inspired martini cocktails also involve a mixture of fruits juices, and some of the martinis can be alcoholic, while the others are non alcoholic. Make sure you make use of the best quality ingredients to make the martinis. At a great party, the alcoholic cocktail is preferred over the non alcoholic mock-tail which contains a number of fruit juices which are actually refreshing and very safe. These variations of the espresso inspired martini are for guests who do not prefer to consume alcohol. The variations also do well when blended ingeniously with fruit cocktails as desserts or appetizers.