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Carajillo (Shakeado)

Name: Carajillo (Shakeado)
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Licor 43; 45 ml Espresso coffee (hot); 2 drop Saline solution 4:1

Difford’s Guide

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Serves:

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Ingredients
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Licor 43 Original liqueur
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Exprè Caffè Italiano (or freshly made hot Espresso Coffee)
2 drop	Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s

How to make

Glass

Photographed in an Urban Bar Retro Optic Coupette 15cl

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 in a petal formation in the centre of the cocktail's foamy head.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Carajillo (Shakeado) contains 127 calories

Alcohol content:

0.8 standard drinks
11.39% alc./vol. (22.78° proof)
11 grams of pure alcohol

History

The layered version of this cocktail, a "Puesto Carajillo", is thought to have been created by Spanish troops in Cuba when the country was a Spanish province. They mixed coffee with rum to give them courage; 'Coraje' means courage in Spanish, and its diminutive is 'corajillo'.

The Carajillo remains popular in Spain, where its form varies by region, from simply pouring brandy into an espresso to heating brandy with lemon juice/zest, sugar and cinnamon, then adding coffee. (In Catalan, the Carajillo is called Cigaló.)

This shaken or "Shakeado" version of the Carajillo emerged in Mexico and, since circa 2015, has exploded in popularity.