Coffee Sour
Dry shake ∙ 5 min ∙ 11% ABV ∙
The Coffee Sour is a shaken sour built on coffee liqueur, balancing lemon juice and sugar syrup with an egg white for a soft, foamy head. Roasted coffee sweetness leads, cut fast by bright lemon, with a silky egg-white foam softening the finish into something closer to dessert than nightcap.
Ingredients
1
Servings
Garnish
Instructions for 1 serving
- Pre-chill a glass
- Shake all ingredients with ice: Crème de Café liqueur 60 mlLemon juice 25 mlSugar syrup 5 mlEgg white 10 ml
- Strain back into the shaker
- Dry shake (without ice)
- Fine strain into the ice-filled glass
- Garnish with a lemon wedge
Tips
- Shake the Crème de Café liqueur, lemon juice, sugar syrup and egg white with ice first, then strain the liquid back into the empty shaker.
- Dry shake that chilled mix for another 15 seconds without ice to fully emulsify the egg white before straining.
- Fine-strain into the old-fashioned glass over fresh ice to catch any egg white flecks and keep the foam smooth on top.
- Express the oils from the lemon wedge garnish over the foam before placing it on the rim to add aroma without extra sourness.
