Espresso Martini Drink Recipe - Kahlúa (2024)

FAQs

Is Kahlua good for espresso martini? ›

Kahlúa adds sweetness to your Espresso Martini, balancing out the other ingredients. It also helps create that velvety mouthfeel.

The Kahlúa Espresso Martini can is available in two versions, 4.5% ABV and 7% ABV.

The liquor base for an espresso martini co*cktail is vodka. We recommend choosing a premium unflavored vodka made with the finest ingredients to help the drink truly shine. The drink also incorporates a coffee liqueur.

Kahlua is a coffee liqueur with a strong coffee flavor and a hint of caramel. It is a good choice for espresso martinis that you want to have a strong coffee flavor. Baileys is an Irish cream liqueur with a creamy texture and a flavor of chocolate, vanilla, and cream.

Yep. Kahlúa contains about 100 ppm caffeine, which means about 100ml/ litre of product. So, for a standard 1.5 oz drink of Kahlúa there would be about 5 mg of caffeine. Just to put it in perspective, an 8 oz brewed coffee can contain up to about 200mg of caffeine.

How to make espresso martini frothy. The key to achieving maximum fluffiness is to shake your ingredients vigorously.

Why use Caribbean Gin for the Gin Espresso Martini? Caribbean Gin is perfect for a gin espresso Martini because of a few things: It is Caribbean Cane based (gluten-free) and incredibly smooth, so unlike a London Dry Gin it doesn't pierce through the coffee, it blends together well.

Yes! Once you open a bottle of Kahlua, it's just a matter of time before it goes bad. The shelf life is only four years but the flavor starts going downhill after about two or three years so it's best not to drink this beverage past that date if possible.

5 – The one thing to never do to your espresso martini

According to Bar Cabinet, it's a big no-no to add ice to the hot espresso coffee used in the co*cktail, because ice makes coffee very bitter.

It can be drunk straight up, chilled or on the rocks (over ice) on its own. Can Kahlua be mixed in with just milk like an iced coffee? Yes, but it'll be strong and very bitter. I would suggest adding a small amount of vanilla extract for a strong but mellow flavor.

What's in an espresso martini recipe? ›

Step 1In a co*cktail shaker, combine vodka, coffee liqueur, espresso, and simple syrup. Cover and vigorously shake until outside of shaker is very frosty and foam forms, about 15 seconds. Step 2Double strain into a coupe glass. Cover half of top of glass with a paper towel.

Mr Black is a coffee liqueur made using vodka, sugar and cold brew coffee and has half the sugar of Kahlua.

Our preferred coffee for the Espresso Martini is the Brazil Santos Sweet Cup. By using freshly roasted and freshly brewed coffee, the espresso is still degassing, which creates that awesome creama on the espresso, leading to a beautiful, thick foam on the Espresso Martini.

Our preferred coffee for the Espresso Martini is the Brazil Santos Sweet Cup. By using freshly roasted and freshly brewed coffee, the espresso is still degassing, which creates that awesome creama on the espresso, leading to a beautiful, thick foam on the Espresso Martini.

For anyone unfamiliar, Bailey's Irish Cream is a whiskey-infused liqueur with flavors of chocolate and vanilla. It's sweet, creamy, and delicious and by using Bailey's instead of Kahlua, the espresso martini is transformed into more of a dessert-like drink, perfect for indulging in after dinner.

If you don't have Bailey's Irish cream, you can definitely make a traditional espresso martini more creamy by adding heavy cream! So in this instance, you'd substitute the Bailey's in this recipe with ½ ounce of Kahlua, ½ ounce of heavy cream, and ½ ounce of simple syrup.