Garnish:
Float 3 coffee beans (and if feeling extravagant, also half, or even a full vanilla bean)
How to make:
SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.
1 1/2 fl oz | Vanilla flavoured vodka |
1 fl oz | Espresso coffee (freshly made & hot) |
2/3 fl oz | Galliano Espresso Coffee liqueur |
1/6 fl oz | Vanilla sugar syrup |
2 drop | Saline solution 4:1 (20g sea salt to 80g water) |
Read about cocktail measures and measuring.

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?
History:
See the story behind the Espresso Martini.
Alcohol content:
- 1.4 standard drinks
- 19.34% alc./vol. (38.68° proof)
- 19.4 grams of pure alcohol
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