As a Generation X woman who is still young at heart (despite wanting my couch and Netflix by 10pm), I may have found my new salvation in the coffee cocktail. I can hold a fancy-looking drink in my hand that will keep me awake and help avoid hangover. Guaranteed to keep anyone up for a social event in a much more healthy way than drugs or alcohol, the coffee cocktail is your friend. Maybe not the exact picture of health but then again neither is this blog. 😉
While the ever popular expresso martini will send you over the edge, coffee liqueur cocktails in general contain a lower alcohol content. Find the right mixologist and you can even sip a tasty non-alcoholic version.
Whether it’s a caffeinated cocktail or a mocktail you prefer, below is a list of some of the yummiest looking coffee treats I’ve seen lately.
Cherry Coffee Tonic
Yum!
3oz Cold drip coffee
1oz Cherry syrup
2 Sprigs fresh rosemary
Tonic Water
The Coffee Mule
Light, refreshing and just in time for warmer weather.
3 ounces cold brew coffee concentrate
3 ounces ginger beer
1 ounce Rose’s sweetened lime juice
1 ounce vodka (optional)
Ice
Lime wedges for serving
Brazilian Iced Coffee Cocktail
Coconut rum
Dark rum
Espresso beans
Sweetened condensed milk
Cinnamon
The Salty Russian
The Mocktail cousin of the White Russian
Part brewed coffee
Part thick cream or milk
Rimmed with coffee, cinnamon and chocolate salt
Peanut Butter Irish
Peanut butter, coffee, what’s not to like?
Cold brew coffee
Baileys Irish Creme
Peanut Butter washed Irish Whiskey
Demarera Syrup
The Starf*@cker
I’ve known people like this but the drink is way better LOL
Cold brew coffee liqueur
Rum (optional)
Gifford apricot
Grapefruit
Demorara
Egg White
The Sun & Tonic
Another refreshing idea for summer
Cold brew coffee
Tonic
Agave nectar
Lime
Fresh mint
Ice
Coffee Old Fashioned
Old drink, new kick
45 ml Coffee
1 tbsp Simple syrup
2 dashes Bitters, orange
50 ml Bourbon
1 tbsp Creme de cacao
Baileys Expresso Martini
I mean look, the presentation alone! I can’t even drink vodka and I want one.
1 Shot espresso
35ml Coffee liqueur
50ml Vodka (optional really)
Ice
Coffee Gin & tonic
Mix 25ml of coffee liqueur with 35ml of your gin of choice. Top with either Fever-Tree Aromatic tonic or normal tonic. Serve in copa glass filled with ice, and garnish with orange zest and a fresh cherry.
