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Flying Fortress
How to Make Espresso-Based Cocktails?
MOREHow-To Guide: Making Espresso-Based Cocktails
Ingredients:
- Freshly brewed espresso (1-2 shots per cocktail)
- Spirit of choice (vodka, rum, whiskey, etc.)
- Sweetener (simple syrup, flavored syrups, liqueurs)
- Ice
- Optional flavorings (vanilla, chocolate, spices)
- Fresh milk for frothing
- Garnish (orange or lemon zest, chocolate shavings)
Instructions:
1. Brew Espresso:
- Brew 1-2 shots of strong espresso using your preferred method. Allow it to cool slightly.
2. Choose Your Spirit:
- Select a spirit that complements the flavor of coffee. Vodka, rum, and whiskey are popular choices.
3. Sweeten to Taste:
- Add sweetener to balance the bitterness of the espresso. Start with a small amount and adjust according to your taste.
4. Add Flavorings (Optional):
- Experiment with optional flavorings like vanilla extract, chocolate
syrup, or a dash of spice to enhance the complexity of the cocktail.
5. Shake or Stir:
- Combine the brewed espresso, spirit, sweetener, and flavorings in a
shaker with ice. Shake vigorously or stir well to chill the ingredients.
6. Prepare Milk Foam:
- Froth fresh milk until it forms a rich, creamy foam. The foam adds a luxurious touch to the cocktail.
7. Strain Into Glass:
- Strain the shaken or stirred mixture into a glass filled with ice.
This can be done through a fine-mesh strainer to remove any ice chips.
8. Top with Milk Foam:
- Gently spoon the frothed milk on top of the cocktail. The foam can be
poured over the back of a spoon to create a layered effect.
9. Garnish Creatively:
- Add a finishing touch by garnishing with citrus zest, chocolate shavings, or any other complementary garnish.
10. Serve and Enjoy:
- Your espresso-based cocktail is ready to be enjoyed! Sip slowly and savor the harmonious blend of coffee and spirits.
Feel
free to customize the recipe based on your preferences. Whether you're
creating a classic Espresso Martini or experimenting with your own
concoction, the key is to balance the boldness of espresso with the
chosen spirit and flavorings. Cheers to crafting delicious
espresso-based cocktails!
Flying Fortress
Very Strong ABV ( above 30% ), Potent and intense.
*Note that dilution and other factors like type and temperature of ice are not considered in this upfront calculation.
Strong, herbal, and intense
- Brandy 3 cl
- Vodka 2.25 cl
- Absinthe Herbal Liqueur 1.5 cl
- Triple Sec 1.5 cl
Any Glass of your Choice
flying fortress is a popular Vodka cocktail containing a combinations of Brandy,Vodka,Absinthe Herbal Liqueur,Triple Sec .Served using Any Glass of your ChoiceFlying Fortress Ingredients
Brandy,Vodka,Absinthe Herbal Liqueur,Triple Sec,
Flying Fortress Recipe
Pour all ingredients into a cocktail shaker half-filled with ice cubes. Shake well, strain into a cocktail glass, and serve.
Brandy
Brandy, simply put, is a distilled wine. It is categorised under Distilled Alcoholic Beverages along with Whiskey, Rum, Gin, Vodka and Tequila, but it's in a way a cross connection between Fermented liquor and distilled liquor. A Brandy typically containts 35% to 60% Alcohol by Volume ( 70-120 US proof ) and is usually consumed as an after dinner digestif.
Although Brandy is generally classified as a liquor produced by distilling wine, in a broader sense, this encompasses liquors obtained from the distillation of either pomace ( the soild remains of grapes after mashing and extraction of juice for wine making ) or fruit mash or wine.
It may be noted that Brandy like Gin is also one of the original Water of Life or eau de vie, carried over from the medieval tradition of an aquaous solution of ethanol used as a medicine.
The history of Brandy is closely tied to the development of commercial distillation in and around the 15th Century. In early 15th Century French Brandy made way for a new cross-Atlantic trade or Triangle Trade and replaced Portuguese Fortified Wine or Port from the central role it played in trade, mostly due to the higher alcohol content of the Brandy and ease of transport. However by the late 17th Century, Rum replaced Brandy as the exchange alcohol of choice in the Triangle Trade. More info on Wikipedia for the interested Brandy aficionados. Note that an Apricot Brandy can refer to the liquor (or Eau de Vie, Water of Life) distilled from fermented apricot juice or a liqueur made from apricot flesh and kernels.Vodka
Vodka is an European clear distilled alcoholic drink that has been one of the most popular drinks across the world .
You'll find it to be the most popular spirit in drink making because of it's neutral taste and absence of flavour and colour.
Vodka often replaces Gin in many traditional cocktails
Vodka is known to be good for the heart, and if consumed in moderation, can prove to be good for cardiovascular health
Note that these days there are flavoured Vodka available in the market too, and some cocktails do make use of them.Absinthe Herbal Liqueur
Absinthe is an anise flavoured spirit derived from several plants including grand wormwood. green anise and fennel ,along with other medicinal and culinary herbs. Absinthe is Swiss in origin, and was created in the late 18th Century, it rose to tremendous popularity in the late 19th and early 20th Century among Parisian artists and writers, and became associated with the Bohemian culture and notoriety.
Earnest Hemmingway, James Joyce, Charles Baudelaire, Toulouse-Lautrec, Pablo Picasso, Vincent Van Gogh, Oscar Wilde, Edgar Allan Poe, Lord Byron to name a few celebrated auteurs and thinkers who were Absinthe aficionados and it's needless to say their association took Absinthe to an unprecedented popularity and notoriety at the same time. It also has the reputation of being a psychoactive drug and hallucinogen, although these claims don't have any scientific evidence, resulting in Absinthe ban in USA and Europe for a long period.
Absinthes are of two types, distilled and cold mixed. Distilled Absinthe used a technique similar to Gin where the distillation removes the undesired herbal bitter influences while producing the clear spirit with the desired complexity and aroma retained in it.
Cold mixed Absinthe is produced using the inexpensive process of blending flavouring essencs and artificial colouring in commercial alcohol, just as flavoured Vodka is produced by infusion, it is this Cold Mixed Absinthe that can reach as high as 90% ABV. Beware that due to the lack of Absinthe regulations in many countries. producers falsify advertising claims like, referring to their product as "distilled".Triple Sec
Triple-Sec is an Orange flavoured liqueur from France. It is made by macerating sun dried orange peel in alcohol for a day or more before a three step distillation. Triple Sec has a 15% to 40% ABV.
The Triple Sec name refers to the process of distillation. Sec in French means dry or distilled and triple refers to the triple distillation process.
It's been a popular liqueur for more than 150 years, the Dutch East India Company created orange liqueurs by steeping orange peels in alcohol from the island of Curaçao and called it Curaçao liquor, and unlike Triple Sec, the Dutch added spices and herbs to the orange and Curaçao comes in a variety of colours such as clear, orange or blue. Blue Curaçao being the most used of them, in cocktails. Triple Sec is made from neutral spirits and the Orange peel used is harvested from oranges that have the skin still green, so that the essential oils are still in the skin and has not been absorbed into the flesh. This gives Triple Sec the intense flavour.
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