Hello Drinks Tube. My name's Mike and I
absolutely adore coffee. Now a lot of people have coffee first thing in a morning
what they might not know is that it's a very versatile ingredient for cocktails.
Have you ever heard of the erm, espresso martini for instance.
Absolutely delicious cocktail that incorporates one of my favourite drinks.
Now I have thought long and hard about bringing you one that incorporates coffee and this is what we call
the vanilla espresso daiquiri.
Just like with the original daiquiri all of the ingredients for this version of ours can be
found in Cuba. Keeping it very, very true to it's roots.
So this is a wonderful after dinner drink. Or of course any time when you fancy a nice little pick-me-up.
So what do we need for this cocktail?
Very simple. Four ingredients.
We've got a white rum, a nice vanilla syrup, limes of course and the coffee. Now I'm using a
cold brew because I love cold brew. I say it all the time. If you want to learn how to make it just have a little er
click on here, but not just yet. stay here. stay focussed
and do the daiquiri first and you can do the cold brew afterwards.
Of course you don't have to use cold brew. Other coffees are available.
The espresso or even a filter. Just make it nice and strong and nice and tasty.
First things first. I like to chill down the glass beforehand so I'm going to put a few ice cubes in the top.
So I've done my glass. That's just chilling in the background.
First ingredient is the lime.
As you see with all these cocktails, make sure you roll it first.
And that's about 15ml all in all. That's roughly half a lime.
So that's straight down there. Get rid of the other half.
Boston shaker. I'm going to go straight into the side. You can use an elbow or whatever you want to do.
There we are. Squeezing that 15ml.
Right that's in. So next up is our vanilla syrup.
So, you can buy this in the shops. But why you would is beyond me, because it is so
so simple to make. In fact Sam Carter's sublime effort right here, right now is a great way to find out now.
So do that, and in the mean time
you add 25ml all the way to the top
and then straight in there.
Fantastic.
Now if you've sealed your cold-brew and had it in the fridge make sure
to give it a shake
and get everything working, and flip the top
and 25ml of that.
Straight into the top.
What's going to pull all those flavours of course is going to be that classic Cuban ingredient
the white rum. Now,
I'm going to be putting 35ml
in there.
This is really going to add that last bit of magic.
Next in of course, very important with this cocktail is
lots of ice. Now we're going to fill the ice all the way to the top. Get as much in there as you can.
And we're going to bring our second one in
over here
get the pocket
proper shake.
Keep going till you feel that froth
get those ingredients working together. Lets have a look.
Yeah we're gonna get a lovely frost on the side. That's when we know it's done.
Give it a smack.
Now it's time to get that ice out of the glass that you were chilling
nicely in the background.
Pop that there. Strainer time.
Lets pour out and see
what delights await us. Ooh!
I'm very excited about this one. I can't start to tell you!
That's good enough to drink. A little nod to the cold-brew. A couple of coffee beans. Just to drop on the top
just to let people know what delights await them when they first see it.
Plonk!
And plonk!
It's tasting time. Here we go.
mmm
I wanted to start talking about how wonderful it was before I finished swallowing it. It's so lovely.
The lime working with the coffee in ways that you would not understand
unless you try it.
Of course the vanilla works with the coffee.
And the white rum. Oh it's a given. And the lime working with that coffee
together making this beautiful unison of flavours.
I'm excited not just about finishing that but about you guys getting to make it at home
and not having tasted it already.
For the first time you will taste something that will change your whole perception about what a daiquiri
can be all about.
It is that wonderful.
And if you enjoy that then you will definitely enjoy the espresso martini made by
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So that's it. I'm done.
I know where this is going and I know where this is going
I will see you next time.