Coffee Cocktail

Name: Coffee Cocktail
Yield: Makes 1 Cocktail
Ingredients: 1½ barspoons simple syrup (see note); 2 fl oz (60 ml) brandy; 6 barspoons crushed ice; 2 fl oz (60 ml) brewed espresso, at room temperature; Ground or freshly grated nutmeg, for garnish; 2 fl oz (60 ml) heavy cream

Preparation info

Makes
1
Cocktail

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Official Downton Abbey Cocktail Book

By Downton Abbey

Published 2019

About

This recipe, which originally appeared in Alfred Suzanne’s 1904 book La Cuisine et pâtisserie anglaise et américaine, is a great way to have your after-dinner drink and coffee at the same time. It also makes for a potent brunch drink–think of it as a creamy coffee julep.

Ingredients

2 fl oz (60 ml) brewed espresso, at room temperature
2 fl oz (60

Gluten-free
Drinks
Vegetarian

Method

Combine the espresso, brandy, cream, simple syrup, and crushed ice in a shaker and shake hard for 8–10 seconds. Pour the whole mixture, ice and all, into a collins glass and sprinkle with the nutmeg. Serve with a straw.