If you love coffee cocktails, try our festive sour. Seasonal favourites like warming cinnamon, aromatic cloves and spiced rum go well with a deep coffee hit
Nutrition and extra info
- Gluten-free
- Vegetarian
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal100
- fat0.1g
- saturates0g
- carbs1g
- sugars0.2g
- fibre0g
- protein2g
- salt0.1g
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp coffee grounds
- 5 cardamom pods, bruised (plus 2 to garnish)
- strip of lemon peel
- 2 cloves
Clove
klo-veA clove is the dry, unopened flower bud of the tropical myrtle tree family used to flavour a…
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 20g egg whites
- 75ml spiced rum
Rum
rhumRum is a type of spirit based on sugar cane. First produced in the 1600s on slave plantations in…
- 25ml lemon juice
- Angostura bitters (optional)
Method
Put the coffee grounds in a pan with 250ml water. Add the cardamom pods, lemon peel, cloves and cinnamon stick. Bring to the boil, then strain though a sieve lined with 2 pieces of kitchen paper. Leave to cool.
Pour 50ml of the coffee mixture into a cocktail shaker filled with ice then add the egg white, spiced rum and lemon juice. Shake hard for 1-2 mins then double strain into 2 coupe or martini glasses. Decorate with another cardamom pod and a few drops of Angostura bitters if you like.
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