Four Cocktail Favourites: Coffee, Chilli, Olives and Passion Fruit

Coffee, chilli, olive brine and passion fruit give these four cocktails different characters. The measures below are Cocktailored’s versions, with enough for one cocktail per recipe. Chill your serving glass before mixing.

Espresso Martini

• 40 ml vodka
• 20 ml Kahlúa or another coffee liqueur
• 10 ml sugar syrup
• 50 ml espresso, allowed to cool
• Ice; coffee beans for an optional garnish

1. Add the vodka, coffee liqueur, syrup and espresso to a shaker with plenty of ice.
2. Shake vigorously until cold, then strain into the chilled glass. Garnish with coffee beans if you like.

Spicy Margarita

• 40 ml tequila
• 20 ml Cointreau
• 20 ml fresh lime juice
• 10 ml sugar syrup or agave syrup
• 2 thin chilli slices, seeds removed
• Ice; salt and optional Tajín for the rim

1. Moisten the rim of a low glass with lime and dip it in salt, with Tajín if desired. Fill the glass with ice.
2. Put tequila, Cointreau, lime juice, syrup and the chilli slices in a shaker with ice. Shake until cold.
3. Fine-strain into the prepared glass to catch the chilli pieces. Adjust the chilli in future servings to suit its heat and your taste.

Dirty Martini

• 50 ml gin
• 10 ml dry vermouth
• 10 ml olive brine
• Ice and olives

1. Add gin, dry vermouth and olive brine to a mixing glass with ice.
2. Stir until cold and diluted, then strain into a chilled cocktail glass and garnish with olives.

Pornstar Martini

• 50 ml vanilla vodka
• 20 ml passion fruit liqueur
• 20 ml lime juice
• 20 ml sugar syrup
• 1 passion fruit, optional
• Ice; Champagne or another sparkling wine to serve separately

1. If using fresh passion fruit, scoop half its pulp into the shaker and keep the other half for garnish.
2. Add vanilla vodka, passion fruit liqueur, lime juice, syrup and ice. Shake well, then fine-strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
3. Garnish with the reserved fruit if used. Serve the sparkling wine in a separate small glass; do not put it in the shaker.

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