Coffee Cocktails
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Coffee cocktails do something most other drinks can't — they pull caffeine and alcohol in opposite directions and somehow end up balanced. The Espresso Martini is the headline drink: vodka, fresh espresso, coffee liqueur and a sugar adjustment, shaken hard enough to throw a head of foam, served up. The Mudslide takes the same idea and bends it towards dessert with cream and Irish cream sliding in alongside the coffee.
Espresso Galliano works the espresso-and-herbal-liqueur axis from a different angle, and Shaft is the layered shot version — Kahlúa, vodka, Baileys, cold espresso — built to be drunk in one go. What ties this list together is that the coffee isn't decoration; it's structural. The bitterness of the espresso does the same work that Campari does in a Negroni — it gives the drink somewhere to push against the sweetness.
Most of these reward freshly pulled espresso over the bottled stuff or instant, and most do better at meal's end than as a starter. They're not session drinks; one is usually enough. Shake them properly cold, serve them in a glass that holds heat well, and don't expect a second one to land the same way the first does — the caffeine, the sugar and the alcohol have a way of stacking faster than you'd think.
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Coffee Negroni
Gin, Campari, Vermouth rosso
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Coffee Cardamom & Orange
Liquore al caffè, Succo d’arancia, Baccelli di cardamomo
Espresso Martini Sammy Junior
Rum invecchiato, Liquore al caffè, Caffè, Acqua di cocco
Café Blanco
Hornitos Plata, Liquore al caffè, Bittermens Xocolatl Mole, Sciroppo alla vaniglia, Caffè
Revolver
Bourbon, Liquore al caffè, Zucchero / sciroppo semplice, Orange bitters
Scotty Special
Whiskey, Liquore al caffè, Latte, Panna
Espresso Martini (Stefano D’Orsogna Variation)
Vodka, Liquore al caffè, Zucchero / sciroppo semplice, Caffè
Coffee Old Fashioned
Bourbon, Aromatic bitters, Caffè, Maple syrup
Espresso Galliano
Galliano, Succo di limone, Zucchero, Caffè
Long Distance Reviver
Dry gin, Liquore al caffè, Double Dutch Cranberry & Ginger Tonic, Orange bitters
Espresso Martini (Jeffrey Morgenthaler Variation)
Vodka, Liquore al caffè, Limone, Caffè
Tropical Coffee Margarita
Tequila blanco, Liquore al caffè, Succo di lime, Sciroppo di mango
Mudslide
Vodka, Liquore al caffè, Bailey's, Gelato alla vaniglia
Coffee Cardamom & Orange
Liquore al caffè, Succo d’arancia, Baccelli di cardamomo
Espresso Martini Sammy Junior
Rum invecchiato, Liquore al caffè, Caffè, Acqua di cocco
Café Blanco
Hornitos Plata, Liquore al caffè, Bittermens Xocolatl Mole, Sciroppo alla vaniglia, Caffè
Revolver
Bourbon, Liquore al caffè, Zucchero / sciroppo semplice, Orange bitters
Scotty Special
Whiskey, Liquore al caffè, Latte, Panna
Espresso Martini (Stefano D’Orsogna Variation)
Vodka, Liquore al caffè, Zucchero / sciroppo semplice, Caffè
Coffee Old Fashioned
Bourbon, Aromatic bitters, Caffè, Maple syrup
Espresso Galliano
Galliano, Succo di limone, Zucchero, Caffè
Long Distance Reviver
Dry gin, Liquore al caffè, Double Dutch Cranberry & Ginger Tonic, Orange bitters
Espresso Martini (Jeffrey Morgenthaler Variation)
Vodka, Liquore al caffè, Limone, Caffè
Tropical Coffee Margarita
Tequila blanco, Liquore al caffè, Succo di lime, Sciroppo di mango
Mudslide
Vodka, Liquore al caffè, Bailey's, Gelato alla vaniglia
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Coffee Cardamom & Orange
Liquore al caffè, Succo d’arancia, Baccelli di cardamomo
Espresso Martini Sammy Junior
Rum invecchiato, Liquore al caffè, Caffè, Acqua di cocco
Café Blanco
Hornitos Plata, Liquore al caffè, Bittermens Xocolatl Mole, Sciroppo alla vaniglia, Caffè
Revolver
Bourbon, Liquore al caffè, Zucchero / sciroppo semplice, Orange bitters
Scotty Special
Whiskey, Liquore al caffè, Latte, Panna
Espresso Martini (Stefano D’Orsogna Variation)
Vodka, Liquore al caffè, Zucchero / sciroppo semplice, Caffè
Coffee Old Fashioned
Bourbon, Aromatic bitters, Caffè, Maple syrup
Espresso Galliano
Galliano, Succo di limone, Zucchero, Caffè
Long Distance Reviver
Dry gin, Liquore al caffè, Double Dutch Cranberry & Ginger Tonic, Orange bitters
Espresso Martini (Jeffrey Morgenthaler Variation)
Vodka, Liquore al caffè, Limone, Caffè
Tropical Coffee Margarita
Tequila blanco, Liquore al caffè, Succo di lime, Sciroppo di mango
Mudslide
Vodka, Liquore al caffè, Bailey's, Gelato alla vaniglia
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