More than just Irish Coffee
Here’s another version of a coffee and cream-filled glass of sublime luxury known as a Mudslide. It’s usually a cold cocktail so we’ve tweaked it a bit to suit a Hot Cocktail recipe, enjoy. I’ve specified 60ml for each of the liqueurs and the vodka, the only reason being that our milk frother is marked […]
The origins of Russian Coffee and it’s variants are hotly debated, 19th century Vienna, Germany, Denmark and France all make a claim to cream topped coffee liqueurs. Wikipedia has a very good article on the history of Irish Coffee. Several places claim to have developed the modern recipe in the 1950s. One version is attributed
So I found a bottle of Martini at the back of the drinks cabinet and thought to myself, “Martini, cocktails, yes” and so my sorry tale begins. We’re testing pumpkin-spiced syrups this week, as you do, and I found, what I thought was the jackpot. Go Google and see what I mean. Pumpkin Spiced Martini
Ginger is a fantastic spice which adds a fiery kick to many food and drink recipes and here it makes an ideal companion to pumpkin spice and vodka. Ginger is reputed to be one of the healthiest spices, it is closely related to other spices such as turmeric and cardamom and is very easy to
Homemade liqueurs are super simple to make, all you need is a container, fruit, sugar, alcohol and time. Container: We use a 1-litre clip top jar but Mason jars are just as useful. Make sure that it is clean and the seal is still good. Fruit: Traditionally, sloes would be the fruit of choice. Pick
Our Hot White Russian is a delicious version of the classic White Russian cocktail which itself is based on the very well known Black Russian. This Hot Cocktail can be drunk at any time of the day, it can serve as a delightfully boozy afternoon pick-me-up, or bring any meal to a close, acting as
I’m on a Cranberry kick at the moment, how do I use the carton in the fridge and can I “Froth it”? It’s not hard to make up lots of variations using different fruit juices and since I have orange juice as well, here is my recipe for a long winter’s evening with friends (or
A cosmopolitan, or informally a cosmo, is a cocktail made with vodka, triple sec, cranberry juice, and freshly squeezed or sweetened lime juice. A Hot Cosmopolitan is our take on a classic recipe. I had a carton of Cranberry Juice lurking in the fridge so, after a careful bit of Googling, I found the absolute classic cocktail, Cosmopolitan. Most recipes are similar and
Mezzo is an Italian word meaning half, middle or medium, hence the term mezzanine; middle floor. We have taken a popular soft drink not well known in the UK and made it into luxurious Vodka Mezzo just by adding vodka and some heat and this really is a winner. Warming orange and sweetness from the
I was looking around the internet, trying to find a whisky-based cocktail that I could turn into a Hot Cocktail and found “The Avalanche”. The only problem was that there were ten different recipes, including some with vodka or gin. I’ve had to work very hard to adapt and tweak the recipes and just accept