Welcome back to Drinks Tube, we are in our nest of love, nest of Cocktail Request Week,
opposite a special, the one and only guest Donal, finally I see him for real.
- Hey! Hello! - This week we have received lots of requests
about a hot cocktail, including Anastasia from Three Girls One Capital.
- Three Girls One Capital? - She's a beautiful tweeter. So, Donal, we're
going to make Crazy Cactus Coffee, all we need is a nice cafetiere, coffee, mixed spice.
- Mmm that's good! Get a load of that! - This is nectar of agave. That's where tequila
comes from. Let's make a drink for 5. We need 5 spoons of coffee inside of our cafetiere,
we can put in our spice, so let's break some cinnamon and put it inside and I'll start
to grate some nutmeg as well. Let's just chuck it inside with the nutmeg I just grated.
- The star anise. How beautiful does that look? The smell, it's this wonderful aniseed
flavour. Can I crack it up a little bit? - Yes, and you know what I'm gonna do with
this one? I'm going to put them in as well? - You are crazy!
- Before we put in the hot water we just have to do the infusion, we put 100ml of tequila
inside and 100ml of sweet French vermouth. This is the perfect glass to pour 100ml and
you're gonna do it. - A full glass?
- Yes. Fantastic, look at this, nice gold reposado. Now, let's do the same, 100ml of
French sweet vermouth and we go straight into the cafetiere. We add one spoon of agave honey.
How do you like your coffee back in Ireland? When you make a classic Irish coffee you like
a little bit of sugar right? - You can do, but I like a bit of cream. If
you're going to make an Irish coffee you've got to have the cream in there.
- Cream is coming, of course, of course! So now all we put in now is hot water, put in
1 litre until here basically. We take here, your microphone -
- Yes hello - Yeah and we use it as a filter. You press
gently and now that's when the infusion starts, this little froth is all of the essential
oils of the spice. Look at this. - That's good.
- Now you mentioned cream before, remember? - I did mention cream.
- That's when the cream comes. So, we need a nice glass, yes?
- Ta dah! - Meanwhile I'll shake this double cream.
Why do I shake the double cream? Not because I want it whipped but a little bit whipped
will make it float much better. You pour first and I'll shake the cream. Fantastic, this
is perfect. I've shaken the cream, and you can see these little bubbles. These bubbles
make it very frothy, like a little pillow, like a small cloud. You put the spoon on the
same level as the coffee and you gently pour. - Now this is where the real skills are. Now
this is why I came down today. - You see it floating, gently gently gently.
Now you do this. Put the spoon a bit lower, almost at the same level of the coffee. Exactly,
perfect. This is fantastic. Keep going, keep going, you're doing amazing! I'll take a nice
star anise, the one you like and I can place it in the middle like this.
- Very nice. That is where it's at. - Simple, this is the Crazy Cactus Cocktail Coffee. Tequila, little bit of vermouth,
mixed spice, the spice you like better, some energy from your country, from all over the
world, from us! - Ooohhh yeah. Wonderful layers of flavour,
sweetness, you're getting that wonderful aniseed note, the cinnamon in there, this is a proper
cocktail, I am very excited about this. - If you want to see what happened during
the week, during Cocktail Request, then click on the link on the left, obviously don't forget
to check whatever Donal does and let's go crazy.
- Come over to my channel, it's right over here! Click on that! You gonna come on my
channel? - As soon as possible, tonight, tomorrow!
- Cheers! - Salute!
- Sláinte.