Name: Lotus Espresso Martini
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 50 ml Vodka; 15 ml Coffee liqueur; 10 ml Maple syrup; 30 ml Espresso coffee (hot)

Ingredients

1 ²⁄₃ fl oz

Ketel One Vodka

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Galliano Espresso Coffee liqueur

¹⁄₃ fl oz

Maple syrup

1 fl oz

Exprè Caffè Italiano (or freshly made hot Espresso Coffee)

How to make

Glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a MARTINI GLASS.

Prepare garnish of coffee beans.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.

FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

Garnish with 3 coffee beans arranged in a petal formation in the centre of the cocktail's foamy head.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Lotus Espresso Martini contains 208 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
17.15% alc./vol. (34.31° proof)
19.3 grams of pure alcohol

Gallery

Comments & Discussion

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Justin Aniello 20w

A slightly sweeter version of the espresso martini, while keeping it dark with the use of the maple syrup over simple. Enjoyable and preferred over the equal parts version (though not as much as the higher proof that has the highest rating on the site).

Marie-Laure ECHASSERIEAU 1y

Did it with Wódka Żołądkowa Gorzka de Luxe, Borghetti coffee liquor, Lavazza Espresso Italiano and an amber maple sirop. Added drops of my new marvellous Smoked vanilla Bitter from Beeter. I like it, would up the bitter/sour scale up to 7,5 though (but I like it).

Oliver Cheung 2y

I'd adjust the sweet-dry scale to make it a 4 at most, the maple syrup makes it quite sweet.

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 2y

What coffee liqueur did you use? This cocktail's balance is very coffee liqueur-dependent. Your choice of coffee will also have some impact.

Oliver Cheung 2y

That makes sense, I used Kahlua which I assume (?) is seen as being quite sweet.

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Michelle Bell 2y

Used Pisco instead…..good alternative! Next time I will try with rum as Luke mentioned.

Luke Ruppersburg 3y

I think this is becoming one of my favorite coffee cocktails, though I like to tweak it. Swapping the vodka for a clear rum is quite nice. Upping the maple syrup makes it practically a different drink, but a tasty one. Replacing 30 ml of espresso with 30ml of ristretto cuts down on the bitterness. I don't do all of these at once, just one or two depending on what I want at the moment.