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Vanilla Espresso Martini

Name: Vanilla Espresso Martini
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Vanilla vodka; 30 ml Espresso coffee (hot); 20 ml Coffee liqueur; 5 ml Vanilla sugar syrup; 2 drop Saline solution 4:1

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Ingredients
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Vanilla flavoured vodka
1 fl oz	Exprè Caffè Italiano (or freshly made hot Espresso Coffee)
²⁄₃ fl oz	Galliano Espresso Coffee liqueur
¹⁄₆ fl oz	Monin Vanilla Syrup
2 drop	Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Martini glass

Method

Select and pre-chill a MARTINI GLASS.
Prepare garnish of float 3 coffee beans (and if feeling extravagant, also half, or even a full vanilla bean).
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Vanilla Espresso Martini contains 194 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
17.64% alc./vol. (35.28° proof)
18.9 grams of pure alcohol

History

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Review

If you're the kind to opt for a splash of flavoured syrup at the coffee shop, then this variation on Dick Bradsell's original Espresso Martini is for you. And with the range of flavoured vodkas and sugar syrups available, why stop at vanilla?

Galliano Espresso 700ml - makes 34.5 cocktails
$17.99 $0.52 per cocktail Galliano Espresso image

Monin Vanilla Syrup (US) 750ml - makes 150.5 cocktails
$14.99 $0.10 per cocktail Monin Vanilla Syrup (US) image

$0.62 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 34.5 cocktails.
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Comments & Discussion

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Fredie Martineau 4y

Very nice but I found that the vanilla aroma from the vodka (made my own) is overpowered by the espresso coffee. Would rather stick to the standard expression martini recipe or even better the Lazarus!

Amanda M 5y

Enjoyed this but might up the vanilla syrup to 1 oz next time. Mr Black mustn't be as sweet as Kahlua.

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 4y

Mr Black is indeed much dried than Kahlua.

Ipek 6y

Way too sweet

Andy Laws 5y

I think Kahlua is very sweet, you can dial down the sugar content by using something like Mr Black Coffee liqueur.

Tom W 5y

Try leaving out the Vanilla Syrup

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