Caffietini

I like a delicious Martini. Mother's ruin with a hint of vermouth - when I say hint, I mean a mere salute of the bottle to the glass. This is something special. Homemade coffee infused vodka (which is a dynamite gift) in a Martini with a special twist.

 First of all you need to make the coffee vodka.

Ingredients

• Bottle of vodka (700-750ml - cheap stuff is fine for this)
• 1 Tbs White Sugar
• 1/4 cup Coffee Beans

 Method

1. Have a shot or two to make room for the beans.
2. Crack beans between two tablespoons - we don't want to crush them, just split them open so the vodka can get in there.
3. Add beans and sugar to the vodka
4. Shake it and leave it for at least a few hours, but the longer the mooooooore coffee flavour you get. No longer than a week though - otherwise it'll end up too bitter.
5. Using a funnel and coffee filter paper, filter out the crushed up beans.
6. All done!!

Now you have your delicious vodka, you'll need a recipe for the Caffietini!

Ingredients

• 2 oz Coffee Vodka
• 1/2 oz Rosso Vermouth (Red, sweeter stuff than regular)

 Method

1. Add vermouth to chilled glass, swirl to coat.
2. Add coffee vodka
3. Garnish with a few whole beans

Notes

• I know there's a whole load of vermouth in here vs the classic Martini, but the red vermouth really works with the slight bitterness of the coffee vodka.
• You can shake your vodka over ice or stir it if you want, but you'll get a watery cocktail. I keep my vodkas in the freezer for a straight up cold one.
• The sugar is important in the recipe - it gives the oils in the coffee beans something to bond to when the vodka dissolves them out.