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Carajillo

• Hannah Guinness

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Serves 1

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Prep: 5 mins

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If you’re a fan of espresso martinis, then you’ll love this mixture of chilled espresso coffee and a vanilla-forward Spanish liqueur.

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Try our carajillo, then discover our passion fruit martini, French martini, vesper martini and more easy martini recipes. Also try our recipes for homemade coffee syrup and other coffee cocktails such as our revolver cocktail.

The carajillo has its roots in 19th-century Spain but is now popular across Latin America, particularly in Mexico City. A mixture of chilled espresso coffee and a vanilla-forward Spanish liqueur, Licor 43, if you’re a fan of espresso martinis then you’ll love this. Here we’ve add mezcal and chocolate bitters for extra smoky, cocoa flavour.

Carajillo recipe

Ingredients

• 30ml Licor 43

• 30ml reposado or añejo tequila

• 45ml freshly brewed espresso

  chilled

• few dashes of chocolate bitters

  (optional)

• orange peel twist

  to garnish

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Method

• step 1

  Put the Licor 43, tequila, espresso and bitters, if using, in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake well for 30 seconds before straining into a chilled coupe or snifter glass and garnishing with an orange peel twist.

Ever tried an espresso martini tiramisu?

Authors

Hannah GuinnessSenior sub editor and drinks writer

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