Dry Espresso Martini

Name: Dry Espresso Martini
Prep time: 3 min
Total time: 3 min
Yield: 1 serving
Ingredients: Bourbon — 50 ml (1 2/3 oz); Cold brew coffee — 45 ml (1 1/2 oz); Coffee liqueur — 10 ml (1/3 oz); Sugar syrup (2:1) — 10 ml (1/3 oz); Cocoa bitters (opt.) — 1 dash

A coffee and bitter whiskey cocktail ∙ Shake ∙ 3 min ∙ 15.6% ABV ∙

The Dry Espresso Martini is a shaken coffee cocktail of bourbon and cold brew coffee with small pours of coffee liqueur and sugar syrup, served up.

Ingredients

Servings

Garnish

Orange twist

Instructions for 1 serving

Pre-chill a glass
Shake all ingredients with ice: Bourbon 50 mlCold brew coffee 45 mlCoffee liqueur 10 mlSugar syrup 10 mlCocoa bitters 1 dash (opt.)
Fine strain into the chilled glass
Express an orange twist over the cocktail and use as garnish

Tips

Cold brew has no crema to help, so shake hard with fresh ice for a full 15 seconds; cut it short and the foam comes out thin.

History

The Dry Espresso Martini is built on bourbon and cold brew coffee, with only small pours of coffee liqueur and sugar syrup for a drier, less syrupy balance than the Espresso Martini. That drink is credited to London bartender Dick Bradsell, though sources split between Soho Brasserie and Fred's Club as the birthplace and between 1983 and the mid-1980s as the year.