For coffee lovers there is nothing like drinking their favourite beverage even when night approaches, and certainly there isn’t a better way than having a coffee cocktail! With the following article we will focus on the best coffee cocktail recipes, to see how to combine the bitter taste of coffee with sweet liqueurs to achieve the tastiest combinations ever!

Espresso Martini recipe

The first choice for coffee aficionados is the classy and fancy Espresso Martini, the most renowned among espresso vodka drinks, perfect for your “aperitivo”, as a delicious dessert or an after-dinner drink.

Three are the ingredients you need to combine for an outstanding bittersweet taste: Espresso, Kahlua, and vodka. These three components will permit you to brew the fantastic, sophisticated, and frothy drink invented in 1983 at the Soho Brasserie by the notorious Londoner bartender Dick Bradsell. As the legend narrates, he prepared it in response to a model asking for a drink to turn her night on.

How to make it? Just follow these simple instructions:

After making your espresso shot you don't have to wait for it to cool down.
Warm will be enough, then shake it up.
Place the Kahlua, vodka and your still warm coffee shot in a cocktail shaker, then add ice and shake!
Strain into a Martini glass and garnish at your choice or top with coffee beans according to the tradition!

Irish Coffee recipe

Though there are countless variations, here’s how to brew a classical and flavourful Irish coffee with just a few ingredients, for a perfect combination of bitter coffee, whisky and frothy whipped cream!

The International Bartender Association (IBA) official cocktail list managed to set an “official” way of how to make it. All you need for the recipe of this delicious cocktail invented in Ireland during the 50ies are a warm coffee, a shot of Irish whiskey, brown or white sugar and some fresh or whipped cream.

First, make your coffee following your favourite method, then make your homemade whipped cream and whip it to soft peaks. At this point, add the coffee to a glass or, even better, an Irish coffee mug, leaving about an inch for the cream to top your cocktail. Stir in the sugar and the Irish whiskey until the sugar dissolves. Gently float the whipped cream on top by making use of the back of a spoon. Your traditional Irish coffee is ready, tastier than ever!

Spiked coffee is also popular in Latin countries on both sides of the Atlantic! One of its many variations is known in Spain and Latin America as Carajillo.

Amaretto Coffee recipe

The cocktail we are about to describe can be found halfway between a drink and a dessert and tastes delightful! Amaretto liqueur coffee is a boozy coffee drink combining the sweet and nutty flavour of amaretto liqueur and the bitterness of coffee, topped by frothy whipped cream and an overwhelming sprinkle of cinnamon. It can be basically considered as an Italian coffee cocktail winking to Irish coffee that you can serve and enjoy as a nightcap but is also perfect as a dessert itself whether you want to end your meal with an exquisite touch of sweetness!

Black Russian recipe

Revolver Cocktail recipe

The Revolver cocktail is a sort of spin of Manhattan, starring bourbon and Tia Maria coffee liqueur instead of the conventional sweet-tasting vermouth and topped with a flamed orange twist. Intriguing and sophisticated, its tasting may start with sweet vanilla and oak notes, but will finish with a lingering, intense, bittersweet coffee flavour. Invented in 2004 by bartender Jon Santer at Bruno’s, San Francisco, the flamed orange twist is certainly its trademark and inserts a tantalizing burnt aroma.

How to make this peculiar recipe? Its ingredients are Bourbon whiskey, Tia Maria, orange bitters and orange peel. All you have to do is combining them in a mixing glass with ice and strain it all into your cocktail glass.

Here are just a few of the several combinations one can make while mixing coffee and alcoholic beverages. Let’s experiment and find the best blend according to your personal taste!