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Mocha Martini
Made with good espresso, this cocktail is a richly flavoured balance of bittersweetness
Simon Difford
1st September 2025 at 11:28
Double (heavy) cream is easier to float, but whichever cream you use, the trick is to whip it or shake it to get air into the cream. Then pouring down the handle of a flat-end bar spoon is my preferred method of layering the cream over the cocktail.
1st September 2025 at 15:54
I deffo know that about double cream as I float it on my black coffee in a morning, what I did NOT know is that you can do the air shake with single cream. I will give it a try, thanks Simon!
5th September 2025 at 16:23
I remade to shoot the new photography now showing on the page using single cream and didn't experience any issues with floating.