Coffee Cocktails
Explore 80 Coffee cocktail recipes.
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, Vermute vermelho
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Coffee Cardamom & Orange
Coffee liqueur, Jugo de naranja, Vainas de cardamomo
Espresso Martini Sammy Junior
Rum envelhecido, Licor de café, Água de coco, Coffee
Café Blanco
Hornitos Plata, Licor de café, Bittermens Xocolatl Mole, Xarope de baunilha, Coffee
Revolver
Bourbon, Licor de café, Açúcar / xarope simples, Bitter de laranja
Scotty Special
Whiskey, Licor de café, Leite, Creme
Espresso Martini (Stefano D’Orsogna Variation)
Vodka, Licor de café, Açúcar / xarope simples, Coffee
Coffee Old Fashioned
Bourbon, Bitters aromáticos, Coffee, Maple syrup
Espresso Galliano
Galliano, Lemon juice, Açúcar, Coffee
Long Distance Reviver
Dry gin, Licor de café, Double Dutch Cranberry & Ginger Tonic, Bitter de laranja
Espresso Martini (Jeffrey Morgenthaler Variation)
Vodka, Licor de café, Lemon, Coffee
Tropical Coffee Margarita
Tequila blanco, Licor de café, Suco de limão, Xarope de manga
Mudslide
Vodka, Licor de café, Bailey's, Sorvete de baunilha
Coffee Cardamom & Orange
Coffee liqueur, Jugo de naranja, Vainas de cardamomo
Espresso Martini Sammy Junior
Rum envelhecido, Licor de café, Água de coco, Coffee
Café Blanco
Hornitos Plata, Licor de café, Bittermens Xocolatl Mole, Xarope de baunilha, Coffee
Revolver
Bourbon, Licor de café, Açúcar / xarope simples, Bitter de laranja
Scotty Special
Whiskey, Licor de café, Leite, Creme
Espresso Martini (Stefano D’Orsogna Variation)
Vodka, Licor de café, Açúcar / xarope simples, Coffee
Coffee Old Fashioned
Bourbon, Bitters aromáticos, Coffee, Maple syrup
Espresso Galliano
Galliano, Lemon juice, Açúcar, Coffee
Long Distance Reviver
Dry gin, Licor de café, Double Dutch Cranberry & Ginger Tonic, Bitter de laranja
Espresso Martini (Jeffrey Morgenthaler Variation)
Vodka, Licor de café, Lemon, Coffee
Tropical Coffee Margarita
Tequila blanco, Licor de café, Suco de limão, Xarope de manga
Mudslide
Vodka, Licor de café, Bailey's, Sorvete de baunilha
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Coffee Cardamom & Orange
Coffee liqueur, Jugo de naranja, Vainas de cardamomo
Espresso Martini Sammy Junior
Rum envelhecido, Licor de café, Água de coco, Coffee
Café Blanco
Hornitos Plata, Licor de café, Bittermens Xocolatl Mole, Xarope de baunilha, Coffee
Revolver
Bourbon, Licor de café, Açúcar / xarope simples, Bitter de laranja
Scotty Special
Whiskey, Licor de café, Leite, Creme
Espresso Martini (Stefano D’Orsogna Variation)
Vodka, Licor de café, Açúcar / xarope simples, Coffee
Coffee Old Fashioned
Bourbon, Bitters aromáticos, Coffee, Maple syrup
Espresso Galliano
Galliano, Lemon juice, Açúcar, Coffee
Long Distance Reviver
Dry gin, Licor de café, Double Dutch Cranberry & Ginger Tonic, Bitter de laranja
Espresso Martini (Jeffrey Morgenthaler Variation)
Vodka, Licor de café, Lemon, Coffee
Tropical Coffee Margarita
Tequila blanco, Licor de café, Suco de limão, Xarope de manga
Mudslide
Vodka, Licor de café, Bailey's, Sorvete de baunilha
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