Name: Hot Cross Bun 'Martini'
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 40 ml Vanilla vodka; 10 ml Calvados apple brandy; 25 ml Espresso coffee (hot); 10 ml Cinnamon syrup

Hot Cross Bun 'Martini'
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Glass:

Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₃ fl oz	Vanilla flavoured vodka
¹⁄₃ fl oz	Calvados / apple brandy / straight applejack
⁵⁄₆ fl oz	Exprè Caffè Italiano (or freshly made hot Espresso Coffee)
¹⁄₃ fl oz	Monin Cinnamon Syrup

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Prepare:

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of grated nutmeg.

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish:

Dust with freshly grated nutmeg.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

A vanilla and apple brandy Espresso Martini with a touch of cinnamon spice.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Hot Cross Bun 'Martini' contains 156 calories

Alcohol content:

1.1 standard drinks
17.3% alc./vol. (34.6° proof)
15.8 grams of pure alcohol

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Matthew Kimble

5th April at 23:36

Made it for Easter Sunday and it was delicious. To up it another level, next time I think I’ll do 5ml of the cinnamon syrup and top it up with 5ml ginger syrup and add a few dashes of orange bitters.

Sally Morgan

18th April 2025 at 18:46

If you're short of cinnamon roll syrup brew the espresso onto s stick of cinnamon and use sugar syrup. Well worth taking the trouble of crossing a couple of flat skewers to get the cross

David Orme

30th March 2024 at 16:27

Cracking cocktail well done whoever created this. My wife adores it, I reduced the amount of nutmeg sprinkled on top as it is such a strong flavour

Tom W

22nd February 2021 at 14:44

Whoever created this deserves some praise. I avoided the nutmeg - don't like things floating in my drink.

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