Espresso Rumtini

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (50 ratings)

Photographed in an UB Retro Coupe Gold 7.75oz

Ingredients:
1 12 oz Light gold rum (1-3 year old molasses column)
1 oz Espresso coffee (freshly brewed & hot)
23 oz Galliano Espresso Coffee liqueur
2 drop Saline solution 4:1 (20g sea salt to 80g water)
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist and 3 coffee beans.
  3. SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  4. STRAIN into chilled glass.
  5. Express lemon zest twist over the cocktail and discard.
  6. Garnish with 3 coffee beans floated on surface.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 6/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 6/10

Review:

Naturally, this also works well with well-aged rums, but I prefer the cleaner bite of a rum with a mere three years or so age in this delicious cocktail.

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Variant:

With sugar syrup rather than coffee liqueur this is an Espresso Daiquiri and based on tequila this is becomes a Jalisco Espresso

History:

A riff on Dick Bradsell's classic Espresso Martini.

Nutrition:

One serving of Espresso Rumtini contains 164 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.3 standard drinks
  • 18.57% alc./vol. (18.57° proof)
  • 17.6 grams of pure alcohol

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Caspian Berggren’s Avatar Caspian Berggren
9th June at 09:54
I made this with Hampden Gold and the Jamaican funky fruitiness worked really well with the coffee. Not a big fan of the regular Espresso Martini but this one, and one with cognac, are my favorite variants.
Anton Veeremets’ Avatar Anton Veeremets
26th April 2024 at 10:15
Is it dashes or drops of saline solution? Tried both ways, works both ways
Simon Difford’s Avatar Simon Difford
26th April 2024 at 16:00
It should have said drops. Now corrected. Many thanks for bringing to my attention.
Jeff Newcastle’s Avatar Jeff Newcastle
15th March 2024 at 18:02
I make this with Diplomatico rum and I far prefer this to a regular vodka Espresso Martini. Swap the Kahlua out for Mr Blacks and a dash of simple syrup for an Espresso on steroids. Love it!