Name: Brandy Espresso Martini
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 50 ml Cognac (brandy); 30 ml Espresso coffee (hot); 10 ml Coffee liqueur; 10 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 3 drop Saline solution 4:1

Ingredients

1 ²⁄₃ fl oz

Cognac (brandy)

1 fl oz

Exprè Caffè Italiano (or freshly made hot Espresso Coffee)

¹⁄₃ fl oz

Galliano Espresso Coffee liqueur

¹⁄₃ fl oz

Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix

3 drop

Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s

How to make

Glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

Prepare garnish of 3 coffee beans.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.

FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

Garnish with 3 coffee beans floated on the surface to represent health, wealth and happiness.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Brandy Espresso Martini contains 190 calories

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
16.9% alc./vol. (33.79° proof)
18.1 grams of pure alcohol

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Comments & Discussion

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Max Langer 29w

Surprisingly this did not sit that well with me. While it's not at all bad, the association of brandy and coffee is classic after all, I prefer the clean flavours of the original finally.

Tony Jones 1y

I was trying to make this, but invented this "Brandy Mocha" by accident when I added Chocolate rather than Coffee Liqueur.
30ml black coffee (V60, Booths Black) 40ml brandy (Carlos I)
10ml chocolate liqueur Slice of orange flesh. Splash agave syrup.
Splash aquafaba and a few drops of Fees Foam (ie anything foamy)
All into Nutribullet. Add two ice cubes, leave one minute. Remove one cube then zizz up
Into frozen coupe glass (Martini glass too small).
Really good. Quite Christmas-y. Foamed very well. Isn’t the standard EM too coffee-y? This has Nuance.

G. M. Genovese Premium Member 1y

I'm not intimately attuned to all of your tastes. I like bold, bitter, roasty, etc etc with my coffee Martinis... My recommendation when using Pierre Ferrand and Mr. Black is to reduce the sugar syrup to 7.5 ml. You will thank me.

Hyeongwoo Cho Premium Member 1y

Brilliant, Nutty Cognac makes a harmony with espresso.
Best cocktail for me followed by ramos gin fizz.

Matt Excell 1y

Chuck the Vodka out. This is the EM variation you need

Mariusz Twardowski 1y

My EM ranking is ....

1. Aged Grappa
2. Cognac
3. Brandy
4. Young grappa

I'd simply get a different drink if the vodka version is the only option.

Matt Excell 1y

Haven't tried with Grappa, but on the list. At the moment, I'd say Cognac, Bourbon, Jamaican Rum.

I would totally drink a Vodka EM - I just wouldn't make one for someone, unless they insisted.