Orange You Awake

ORANGE YOU AWAKE

• ½ oz. / 45 ml. tequila reposado

• ½ oz. / 15 ml. Averna

• ½ oz. / 15 ml. coffee liqueur

• ¼ oz. / 7.5 ml. Cointreau

• 1 oz. / 30 ml. espresso

• ¼ oz. / 7.5 ml. demerara syrup

• pinch of salt

• orange peel oil

METHOD
add all ingredients to shaker tin / add ice and shake until chilled / strain into coupe or Nick and Nora / express orange peel oils over the surface and discard / garnish with three coffee beans

ABOUT
I built this espresso martini after tasting something similar at a bar and couldn’t stop thinking about it. I didn’t have the specs, but I knew I wanted aged tequila as the base and Averna to add depth. Tequila and Cointreau are already a classic pair, and orange with coffee is a natural match. Expressing an orange peel over the top seals the deal, so the first thing you catch is that bright citrus aroma. Cheers y’all!