The Art & Craft of Coffee Cocktails
By Jason Clark
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First take a journey into the history and craft of coffee, the world's most popular beverage, from crop to cup. Next follow his expert mixing tips aimed at everyone from keen beginners to bartenders working in the world's best bars. More than 75 recipes follow, covering all styles of cocktails from stirred and shaken through to blended and blazed. Learn how to perfect simple classics such as Espresso Martini and Irish coffee or try your hand at technical modern marvels Cinnamon Toast Crunch White Russian and Whiskey Pour Over. With The Art and Craft of Coffee Cocktails in hand your daily grind will never be the same!
Jason Clark
Jason Clark is a principal engineer and architect at New Relic, and was previously an architect at WebMD. A regular conference speaker, Jason contributes to the open-source project Shoes, aiming to make GUI programming easy and fun for beginners.
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The Art & Craft of Coffee Cocktails - Jason Clark
The Art & Craft of
COFFEE COCKTAILS
The Art & Craft of
COFFEE COCKTAILS
Over 75 recipes for mixing coffee and liquor
JASON CLARK
with photography by Alex Attikov Osyka
Designer Paul Stradling
Editor Dawn Bates
Production David Hearn
Picture research Christina Borsi
Creative Director Leslie Harrington
Editorial Director Julia Charles
Publisher Cindy Richards
Indexer Hilary Bird
First published in 2018.
This revised edition published in 2022 by Ryland Peters & Small
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and
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New York NY 10029
www.rylandpeters.com
Text and commissioned photography © Jason Clark 2018, 2022
For full picture credits, see right
The author’s moral rights have been asserted. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher.
ISBN: 978-1-78879-469-5
eISBN: 978-1-78879-485-5
A CIP record for this book is available from the British Library. US Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication data has been applied for.
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Printed and bound in China
Notes
• Both British (metric) and American (Imperial ounces plus US cups) measurements are included in these recipes for your convenience; however, it is important to work with one set of measurements only and not alternate between the two within a recipe.
• All spoon measurements are level unless otherwise specified.
Picture credits
Photographs by Alex Attikov Osyka, except for:
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This book is dedicated to my No.1 supporter, friend and favourite cocktail-loving customer, Girl Sam Gilmore. I have no doubt she would have made her way through every single recipe in this book were she still sitting at my bar. This one’s for you Sam.
Contents
Foreword
Introduction
Using this book
Useful kit
COFFEE
Coffee timeline
The wonderful world of coffee
Coffee, in a nutshell
The roastery
The roast
Selecting coffee
The flavours of coffee
Brewing coffee for cocktails
Extraction
Espresso extraction
Cold brew extraction
French press extraction
Pour-over extraction
Pod coffee
COCKTAILS
Cocktail fundamentals
1 Shaken
2 Hot
3 Built
4 Stirred & Thrown
5 Blended
6 Homemade Coffee Products
Glossary
Index
About the author/Acknowledgements
Foreword
Martin Hudak
The American Bar at the Savoy Hotel London
World Coffee in Good Spirits Champion 2017
The Art & Craft of Coffee Cocktails is a publication that has been missing in our industry for many years. This fantastic combination of two different fields showcases easy-to-use recipes complemented with delicious pictures. It is a must-have for all drinks lovers and industry professionals. May you enjoy many a coffee cocktail while reading this inspirational book!
Cheers,
Martin
Gary Regan
Legendary bartender and author of numerous bar industry titles such as The Joy of Mixology, The Negroni, The Bartenders’ Gin Compendium and more
When Jason Clark speaks, bartenders listen. It’s a sure sign that, when it comes to cocktails, he has a firm grasp on what’s going on behind the bars of the world. And to prove it, he’s first out of the gate with a book about the hottest drinks trend in the world: coffee cocktails. The Espresso Martini, created by the late, great bartending legend, Dick Bradsell, was, I believe, the drink that started all the fuss, and if you’ve ever tasted one of these babies, you’ll know what all the fuss is about. But Jason takes the whole concept of all coffee cocktails to a new level by examining every aspect of each drink within these pages. Here you’ll learn about different styles of coffee, how to make them, and you’ll discover why Jason chooses specific varieties for each drink that appears in his book. Indeed, there’s a good chance that you’ll emerge from this book as a fully qualified coffee geek. Wouldn’t that be a treat?! And your adventure through this tome will be a very entertaining trip, indeed, as Jason takes you by the hand and imparts his wisdom in his own unique style. You’ll be mentored, and you won’t even realize it’s happening.
Gary
introduction
It is my utmost pleasure to introduce this collection of recipes, created over the course of 20-plus years working in the drinks industry. It is designed to educate, motivate and inspire readers of all levels, from beginners to already experienced bartenders and baristas, into combining two of life’s greatest pleasures – coffee and liquor – in creative and, most importantly, delicious ways!
Both the coffee and cocktail industries are currently revelling in golden eras of quality and creativity, something that can be almost entirely put down to the professional, passionate and creative bartenders and baristas found in arguably every city in the world, working long hours towards the development and progression of their chosen crafts.
More often than not, however, these two kindred trades are kept worlds apart; coffee rules the light and liquor the night.
These often unsung heroes of our morning meetings and 5 ‘o’clock Fridays continue to raise the bar to lofty new heights day in, day out, striving for that perfect serve – not only to put bums on seats and bucks in the bank, but also to put smiles on the faces of an endless stream of nameless strangers in search of a little extra joy in their day.
For both bartenders and baristas, ticking all of these boxes brings an often unspoken sense of fulfilment, one that’s hard to find in the countless other potential careers that are shunned in favour of a dirty apron, tired feet, cracked fingers and the unsociable hours found on the stage that is the bar or the counter.
I fell for the bar first and the bean second. Being a night owl, I’ve generally managed to avoid early mornings almost as much as I avoid instant coffee, but a motivational caffeine pep-talk quickly became a part of my daily bar routine as I looked for ways to retain energy and keep a smile on my face into the wee hours of the morning. As coffee and cocktails both played such important roles in my life, mixing the two together just seemed natural.
Today there is one coffee cocktail that rules them all – the Espresso Martini. This classic cocktail has hit an all-time high in popularity, with guests all around the world ordering it in record numbers. Espresso machines have also slowly but surely become an almost compulsory piece of bar apparatus and, with this addition, bartenders are expected to be able to shake up the unmistakably delicious, boozy, bitter-sweet velvet we have come to know and love so well until all hours of the night, leaving bartenders hating the 3 a.m. coffee-machine clean down at the end of service.
I’ll delve deeper into the phenomenon that is the Espresso Martini later in the book, as well as introduce you to plenty of other examples of combining the qualities of coffee and liquor to make delicious and invigorating cocktails for the drinking pleasure of your friends, guests and, just as importantly, yourself.
But first let’s look at how combining coffee with liquor adds the essential elements of both flavour and mouthfeel to your cocktails:
FLAVOUR Coffee has a strong and distinctive flavour most people tend to either love or hate. Every brew is made up of dozens of flavour nuances. If we take a typical cup of coffee and break it down to identify the taste, people will generally sound out cacao, toffee, toasted spices and nuts. This means it will naturally pair with other ingredients that have similar flavours. Examples include, but aren’t limited to, aged rum and tequila, brandy, amaro, whiskies from Ireland, Scotland, America and everywhere in between, along with so many more spirits and liqueurs, and we therefore know that we can very easily pair them with coffee.
Besides all of these obvious flavours there are plenty of less obvious ones coffee can be paired to work well with (depending on the brew), such as beetroot, grapefruit, berries, apple, orange, passionfruit, stone fruits and so many more.
Coffee can be used either as a base flavour for the drink, dominating all the other flavours it’s matched to like in an Espresso Martini or Irish Coffee, or less commonly it can be used as a modifier flavour. A small amount is added to play a supporting role to the other flavours in the drink. For example, adding a dash or two of coffee bitters to an Old Fashioned for a subtle influence.
MOUTHFEEL Along with flavour and aroma, coffee can also add a tremendous amount of mouthfeel to a cocktail. We tend to think of bitter and/or sweet or even sour characters. Mouthfeel can also be light, heavy, fluffy, cold, warm or hot depending on how the coffee is extracted. These are all elements you should consider when making or ordering a coffee cocktail.
I hope that this book will help to educate, inspire and, most importantly, whet your appetite to mix and drink these often- maligned man-made liquids of magnificence.
Enjoy!
using this book
I assume that if you’ve read this far you already have an interest in both making and drinking coffee and cocktails… well, high five to that! In the following pages, I aim to give you a deeper understanding of both and share a few tips and tricks for mixing coffee cocktails, as well as making other useful ingredients and products such as bitters, liqueurs and foams.
KIT Having the right tools can help a lot when it comes to constructing fancy cocktails, so take a look at pages 12–15 to see what I recommend. But, remember, all this kit is not always necessary. Feel free to improvise any way you can – for example, jam jars make good shakers and rolling pins make great muddlers. It’s all about doing the best you can with what you’ve got available.
Preparation is the key: I recommend selecting the recipes you want to make and laying out your tools and ingredients neatly first to make sure you have everything you need, and to make the overall process easier on yourself. Clean as you go and place items back in the same place immediately after use to help you to work