Recipe: Espresso Martini

Continuing on with our recipe-a-day coverage of the UK’s Coffee Week, we’ve got a tipple that has found much favour on these shores over the past couple of years – the espresso Martini.

Some people may hit the vodka Redbull for their caffeine hit on a long night of partying, but the espresso Martini is so much tastier and oh so much more refined.

Ingredients

• 1 measure (25 ml) of good quality vodka
• 1 measure (25 ml) of Kahlua coffee liqueur
• 1 shot (35 ml) of fresh espresso
• Ice
• A sprinkling of brown sugar for taste
• A couple of coffee beans to decorate

Instructions

1. Pour the vodkam, Kahlua, and espresso over ice in a cocktail shaker and shake
2. Strain into a martini glass
3. Sprinkle a little brown sugar and decorate with a couple of coffee beans