Dark Matter
Coffee. Gin. No apologies.
Ingredients
- 45ml Imagin Black Fusion Gin
- 30ml fresh espresso (cooled)
- 15ml coffee liqueur
- 15ml Coconut Blossom Nectar Syrup
- Ice
- Garnish: 3 coffee beans
Glass
Coupe or Martini
Method
- 01Shake all ingredients hard with ice.
- 02Double strain into a chilled coupe or martini glass.
- 03The foam is the goal.
Service Notes
- Glass: Coupe or martini
- Served: Chilled, no ice
- Yield: ~105ml
- Batch: Espresso must be fresh and cooled; shake hard for foam. No pre-batch possible
The Story
In 1983, a young model sat down at a bar in London and asked the bartender for something to "wake me up and then mess me up." He reached for vodka, espresso, and coffee liqueur, and accidentally created the most ordered cocktail of the 21st century. We replaced the vodka with Imagin Black, and the result is something that bartender never imagined. The Arabica coffee in the gin doubles down on the espresso. The cacao adds chocolate depth. The osmanthus flower lifts the whole thing with a quiet floral note that vodka could never provide. The Coconut Blossom Nectar Syrup adds a caramel warmth that ties coffee, cacao, and cinnamon into something close to perfect. This is the Espresso Martini grown up.
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