Who needs National Coffee Day on September 29th when, in our minds, it’s national coffee holiday every day? This year, renew, reuse and recycle old trends by mixing your leftover morning coffee into rejuvenating cocktails for a fun night out with friends.
Toast to the caffeinated craze with these coffee cocktails from Kerrygold Irish Cream Liqueur, Fernet-Branca, Carpano Antica, Crystal Head Vodka, Koskenkorva Vodka,Tequila Avión and Lock Stock & Barrel.
Night Cap
Ingredients:
- 1 ½ oz. Crystal Head Vodka
- ½ oz. premium coffee liqueur
- 1 freshly brewed espresso shot
- Chocolate shavings or coffee beans
Method: Pour Crystal Head, coffee liqueur and espresso into a shaker filled with ice. Shake vigorously to create froth then strain into a martini glass.
Garnish: Chocolate shavings or finely crushed coffee beans
Mint Mocha Spiked Coffee
Created by Pam Wiznitzer
Ingredients:
- 1.5 oz. Kerrygold Irish Cream
- 1 oz. Branca Menta
- 3 oz. Cold coffee
Coffee Martini
Ingredients:
- .5 oz. Koskenkorva Vodka
- .5 oz. Homemade Recycled Coffee Liqueur
- .2 oz. Brown Sugar Simple Syrup
Method: Measure ingredients and shake vigorously. Fine strain in a cocktail glass and serve. Recycled coffee liqueur: After brewing coffee, take the grounds and add them in 2 cups of vodka. Let sit for 12 hours and filter 3 times. Add 3.5 ounces and stir until sugar dissolved. Bottle in a heated bottle and keep in a cool and dark place. Keep for 6 months.
Not My Irish Coffee
Ingredients:
- Fernet-Branca Brandy
- White Crème de Cacao
- Cold Brew, Simple
- Syrup
- Housemade Fernet-Branca infused whipped cream, Scrappy’s Chocolate Bitters
- Shaved Cinnamon.
The After Party
Ingredients:
- 1 oz Tequila Avión Reposado
- 1 oz Tequila AviónEspresso
- 1 oz Chilled Coffee, Chilled Espresso, or Cold Brew Coffee
- .25 Agave Syrup
Method: Combine ingredients in a shaker tin, add ice, shake, and double strain into a chilled coupe glass. Garnish with coffee beans or nothing at all.
The Third Man
Ingredients:
- Coffee-infused Santa Teresa 1796 Rum
- Cocchi di Torino
- Fernet-Branca
- Bénédictine,
- Angostura Bitters,
- Orange oils
- Flambéed coffee beans.
Topsy Turvy
Ingredients:
- 2 oz. Carpano Antica
- 1 oz. Lock Stock & Barrel Rye
- 1 tsp. Borghetti Coffee Liqueur
- 1 dash Mole Bitters (preferably Bittermens)