The END of the Espresso Martini! These are the new kings

Great video ! Could you use espresso instead of cold brew ?

If your espresso Martinis are shit you don't know how to make one. I imagine most people at home don't have a $3k plus machine and a proper grinder might be part of the reason. You gotta know coffee making first I guess.

To much talking.

“I know it’s for dry ingredients and I don’t care!” My favorite part! People who knit pick the stupid little stuff like that are soooooo incredibly annoying

Lots of Amaros there, what about substitutions? Would any amaro due?

You did make your "powdered sugar" yourself from granulated, right? If you didn't, there's cornstarch (or other similar ingredients) to prevent caking.

My personal favorite riff on the espresso'tini is the Mocha Dream, beware, it's pretty sweet even for a desert cocktail.
Mocha Dream
2oz Mr Black Coffee Liquour
2oz Trader Vic's Chocolate Liquour
2oz rum (I like silver rum, but ymmv)
2oz simple (1:1)

The reason why you didn’t get much spiced rum flavor and had an orange finish in that cocktail is because chairman’s reserve spiced rum is quite orange peel forward and doesn’t have as much of those baking spice notes

I have a bottle of Averna I've been experimenting with after I discovered the black Manhattan. I was hoping to see it featured here. Playing with different Amaro liquors is one of my favorite things currently.

Espresso Martini will always be my favourite cocktail. But I'm having fun seeing and experimenting with different types of coffee cocktails!

Which Ancho Reyes? I assume the red.

I like cocktail very much.

Have you ever made the classic Mr Bali Hali??? So flipping delish. Thanks for this video BTW!

Here’s the thing. Cocktails rarely become this popular if they’re not good at some level and, more importantly, simple.

As for the first part, people in the cocktail world get far too into their own heads about technical stuff and get overly critical of cocktails that might not be “perfect” or “right”, and forget that what matters is that the drinker enjoys the drink.

As for the 2nd part, I’d challenge you to find a cocktail that became a true classic that wasn’t relatively simple and wasn’t comprised of ingredients that are relatively easy to find and have on hand. That’s where the espresso martini shines. Everyone has easy access to vodka, coffee and a coffee liqueur of some kind. Not everyone has access to obscure liqueurs and modifiers.

It’s hard to beat the OG. A caffe corretto. It’s simply an espresso with a splash of Sambuca. Give it a try!

I need to make the Daily Rituals! Love any excuse to add Licor 43 to the tin

Be happy that freezers vacuum them selves shut, if they didn't our shakers would spill all the time ;)

Using your own logic around what is successful would mean that you wouldn't consider something like a Daiquiri a successful drink? What we are talking about here is a platform drink that will be referenced and riffed on forever. It is successful because of its simplicity.

Hi Leandro, i made a daily rituals yesterday, I had to sub the amaro for another as I didn't have that particular one, but my cocktail sort of curdled when I shook it and created this absolutely hideous appearance and mouthfeel that completely killed any pleasure the flavour might have given. Any ideas what I might have done wrong? I didn't think any of the other ingredients could have caused that.

What’s the name of the stemware used for the Daily Rituals? Need

I prefer my espresso martini with bourbon and demerara in place of vodka. Very rich in terms of sweetness but slightly more complex flavour from the spice of the bourbon.

Of course chocolate wins. 😊❤

That Abuelita's Revenge looks absolutly amazing. Please save me one. Quick question for anybody reading, is Abuelita hot chocolate widely avalible?

I finally had an espresso martini last month and was not impressed, and I now I know why - it’s just not a great cocktail. I feel better. Thank you.

Looking forward to making more coffee cocktails!

I totally agree with your comments on the original cocktail! These look like great variations. Will try some of them for sure. My favorite riff is the Espresso Martiki, by Martin Hudak, which made me realize that pineapple and coffee go amazingly well together!

shout out intermezzo

I also think espresso martini is a shit cocktail!!! It has no depth or layers. It's a classy version of Red Bull vodka that makes adults feel fancy

Peanut butter espresso martini: espresso shot (30-40 grams dialed in), 2oz screwball, .5 Oz Kahlua. Thank me later.

Espresso Martinis require good espresso, which is rarely found in bars - especially the US. You can substitute cold brew concentrate which I find works really well. Anybody complaining about the taste of espresso martinis either doesn’t like real coffee or the coffee they’re drinking is sub par. Also use Mr Black instead of Kahlua, it’s not as sweet.

whoever likes espresso martini and all the other cocktails that Dick Bradsell created, must be a person who doesnt know anything about mixology and good cocktails. Like english cuisine, english bartending history is just ridiculous. Thanks god the new generation of english bartenders is now taking this field seriously, and there are many good english bartenders now, 1000 times better than Dick Bradsell.

Thank you for this lesson

Funny as hell, you keep and save this cameraman, yah?

Can you just use cold espresso instead of cold brew?

I have a question please!? My husband and I went on an Alaskan Cruise with princess this past summer. I found a drink I liked called Dunes. It's a martini. ❤ We've tried several bars trying to get the right ingredients, looked online and watched a lot of videos. I even tried making it at home without any luck. Do you know what all goes into that drink? Anyone who knows can answer please!! Thanks!!

I can be completely wrong, but I'm gonna bring a sports aspect to the drinks. If you put Bill Russell against his era, he is arguably the greatest basketball player of all time, but if you bring it into the modern era, he isn't in the top 5. Maybe the espresso martini should get respect as one of the few cocktails of its era to still be relevant. Also Australia would tell you to screw off lol.

Speaking as a caged Mexican myself, I'd never order any of these, but the demos were fun

Make me a drink that will wake me up, have you tried our new powdered drink “original coke”

Those chest freezers are a pain in the ass lol

L - "You are going to have to edit the part where I said there is no coffee in it."
M - Does nothing.

I really like this more personalized video with the camera man talking you. We can learn so much more that way!

I’m going to Broken Shaker to try the Abuelita’s Revenge! Maybe even with a pinch of salt.

What is the name of group/artist playing in the background?

Raw, uncut leandro is the best lol. You looking for stuff you just set down cracks me up. The fact that Marius just follows you around is a nice touch.

All of these look great. Esp abuelitas revenge!

1.5 oz vanilla vodka
1.5 oz Mr black coffee liquor
1.5 oz cold brew
.75 oz simple syrup (if they like it sweet)

Smoke and coffee go well together so I bet that mezcal one would be good

You had me until you flat out said you think the espresso martini is a shit cocktail 😂😂

Your freezer suctioning itself closed has nothing to do with how you close it. It is about the rapid temp change from opening then closing creating a temporary vacuum inside.

Immediately no to all the milk / heavy cream options as a lactose sentitive guy. Like a both ends nausea stomach ache no ty. Everything else let's go.

Those all look delicious! OMG, where do you get a Barfly fridge?

What was the magazine he suggested?