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

Vanilla Espresso Martini
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Serve in a Martini glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Absolut Vanilia Vodka
1 oz	Espresso coffee (freshly brewed & hot)
²⁄₃ oz	Galliano Espresso Coffee liqueur
¹⁄₆ oz	Monin Vanilla Syrup
2 drop	Saline solution 4:1 (20g sea salt to 80g water)

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How to make:

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.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

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Medium

Dry/sour

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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?

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History:

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Nutrition:

One serving of Vanilla Espresso Martini contains 183 calories

Alcohol content:

1.2 standard drinks
16.98% alc./vol. (16.98° proof)
17 grams of pure alcohol

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Anonymous

5th October 2021 at 20:25

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!