Name: Lotus Espresso
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Vodka; 15 ml Coffee liqueur; 10 ml Maple syrup; 30 ml Espresso coffee (hot)

Lotus Espresso
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Serve in a Martini glass

Ingredients:
2 oz	Ketel One Vodka
¹⁄₂ oz	Galliano Espresso Coffee liqueur
¹⁄₃ oz	Maple syrup
1 oz	Espresso coffee (freshly brewed & hot)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Martini glass.
Prepare garnish of coffee beans.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Garnish with 3 coffee beans arranged in a petal formation in the centre of the cocktail's foamy head.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Coffee to the fore but with complex, earthy bittersweet notes.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe discovered in 2005 at Lotus Bar in Sydney, Australia.
See: Espresso Martini story.

Nutrition:

One serving of Lotus Espresso contains 221 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
18.22% alc./vol. (18.22° proof)
21 grams of pure alcohol

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Marie-Laure ECHASSERIEAU

4th January at 21:51

Did it with Wódka Żołądkowa Gorzka de Luxe, Borghetti coffee liquor, Lavazza Espresso Italiano and an amber maple sirop. Added drops of my new marvellous Smoked vanilla Bitter from Beeter. I like it, would up the bitter/sour scale up to 7,5 though (but I like it).

Oliver Cheung

10th August 2024 at 21:08

I'd adjust the sweet-dry scale to make it a 4 at most, the maple syrup makes it quite sweet.

Simon Difford

24th August 2024 at 17:07

What coffee liqueur did you use? This cocktail's balance is very coffee liqueur-dependent. Your choice of coffee will also have some impact.

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Michelle Bell

25th April 2024 at 18:57

Used Pisco instead…..good alternative! Next time I will try with rum as Luke mentioned.

Luke Ruppersburg

26th February 2023 at 03:41

I think this is becoming one of my favorite coffee cocktails, though I like to tweak it. Swapping the vodka for a clear rum is quite nice. Upping the maple syrup makes it practically a different drink, but a tasty one. Replacing 30 ml of espresso with 30ml of ristretto cuts down on the bitterness. I don't do all of these at once, just one or two depending on what I want at the moment.

Katherine Gelat

12th November 2022 at 23:35

Added 2 drops of coffee and cocoa bitters - very tasty!

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