Wake Up Your Cocktail Game: 7 Must-Try Coffee-Based Cocktails

• 1½ oz Vodka
  
• ½ oz Fresh Espresso
• ½ oz Coffee Liqueur (like Kahlúa)
• ½ oz Crème de cacao
  
• Garnish:  3 espresso beans

1. Fill a shaker with ice cubes.
2. Add the vodka, fresh espresso, coffee liqueur, and simple syrup.
3. Shake well until the outside of the shaker feels cold.
4. Strain into a chilled martini glass.
5. Garnish with a few coffee beans.

• 4 oz Hot Coffee
• 1½ oz Irish Whiskey
  
• 2 tsp Brown Sugar
• Fresh Cream (lightly whipped)

1. Preheat a clear-stemmed glass with hot water.
2. Empty the water, and add the hot coffee and brown sugar.
3. Stir until the sugar is dissolved.
4. Add the Irish whiskey.
5. Carefully pour the cream over the back of a spoon so it floats on top of the coffee.

• 2 oz Bourbon
• 1 oz Strong Cold Brew Coffee
• 2 tsp Simple Syrup
• 2 Dashes Bitters

1. Add the bourbon, cold brew coffee, simple syrup, and bitters to a mixing glass filled with ice.
2. Stir well.
3. Strain into a rocks glass filled with a large ice cube.
4. Garnish with an orange twist.

• 1½ oz Vodka
• 1 oz Coffee-Infused Cream Liqueur
• ½ oz Coffee Liqueur

1. Fill a rocks glass with ice cubes.
2. Pour in the vodka and coffee liqueur.
3. Slowly add the coffee-infused cream liqueur.
4. Stir gently.

• 4 oz Hot Coffee
• 1 oz Amaretto Liqueur
• A Splash of Cream

1. Pour the hot coffee into a warmed glass.
2. Add the Amaretto liqueur.
3. Top with a splash of cream.
4. Stir lightly.

• 1½ oz Tequila
• ½ oz Chocolate Liqueur
• ½ oz Coffee Liqueur
• ½ oz Cream
• Ice

1. Rim a margarita glass with cocoa powder.
2. In a shaker, combine tequila, chocolate liqueur, coffee liqueur, cream, and ice.
3. Shake well.
4. Strain into the prepared glass.

• 1 oz Gin
• 1 oz Campari
• 1 oz Sweet Vermouth
• 1 oz Cold Brew Coffee

1. Add gin, Campari, sweet vermouth, and cold brew coffee to a mixing glass with ice.
2. Stir until well-chilled.
3. Strain into a rocks glass over a large ice cube.
4. Garnish with an orange peel.

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