Coffee Cocktail

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

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
Vegetarian
Drinks

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.