Borja's Espresso Martini Project
As part of his successful quest to become World Class Winner of Spain 2024, Borja Insa responded to a challenge by Ketel One Vodka to create a Garnished with Good cocktail as part of his Bars for Change initiative.
Bars for Change encourages bars to create a social impact with their Ketel One cocktail in a way that matters to each bar. Borja believes a bar is a creative space, a place where you go to meet with people you care about, to celebrate, or to have a pleasant conversation with the bartender. The bar is where people come together, so what if the bar is also the place where we look after each other that little bit better in a city?
For the next stage of this initiative, Borja has created a Garnished with Good twist on the Ketel One Espresso Martini, which he is serving at his Moonlight Experimental Bar. Borja aims to support and raise awareness for people with intellectual disabilities in his hometown of Zaragoza by replacing the sugar in his cocktail with cherry syrup made from the cherries harvested by the Gardener's Ecosocial Project.
The Gardenier's Ecosocial Project is a project of the ATADES association that promotes social impact and inclusivity by supporting and protecting people with intellectual disabilities in Spain. It hires and supports workers with disabilities to produce top-quality ecological and organic products on the market.
By using the cherry jam, produced by the people from Gardenier's, as a key ingredient for his cherry syrup, Borja doesn't only guarantee using the highest quality ingredients for his cocktail, but with his purchase of the jam, he is also generating income for the foundation.
Borja Insa's Espresso Martini recipe
- 40 ml Ketel One Vodka
- 15 ml Oloroso sherry
- 5 ml Coffee liqueur
- 15 ml Cherry syrup (recipe below)
- 20 ml Cold brew coffee (Ethiopian origin)
How to make the cherry syrup
- 250 gr Gardenier's Cherry Jam
- 250 gr Water
- 350 gr Sugar syrup (2:1)
- 15 gr Fino sherry
- 15 gr Ketel One Vodka
