Christmas cocktails

 



Here are a few festive drinks to add a little sparkle to your little black book of entertaining.  They are velvety, spiced just right and deliciously decadent... They certainly have what it takes to replace a dessert, and that's how I like to serve them.

So where did the inspiration come from?  I recently was lucky enough to be invited to a bloggers event in Cardiff.  The aim to get bloggers blogging about Nespresso and Currys (appliance store here in the UK).  It was a fantastic day hosted by Waterloo Tea (an amazing little coffee shop with the most divine food and selection of artisan teas - Bristol needs one of you.) and organized by the very cool and eclectic Joe Blogs.

Coming from a marketing background I was intrigued to see how this type of marketing would excite and deliver.  Excite and deliver they sure did.  Take a room full of creative people armed with SLR's and smartphones, get them high on Nespresso and let them play with the beautifully designed machines, show them how to mix the most delicious coffee cocktails and try to teach them how to make a heart out of foam in the latte art... Its no wonder everyone started setting the world of social media alight.  It was a huge success and great way to spend a gloomy Sunday afternoon.  This type of event yields a far greater return (in excess of 3 double page spreads) to the brand and is a very effective way of advertising. 

So here they are, the cocktails demonstrated to us by the Mixologist who did Lady Gaga's 30th Birthday bash.

Toblerone, Baileys and Coffee

Coffee Martini w Cointreau and Cinnamon 

 

Ginger Iced Latte

 



 

Toblerone Baileys Coffee

• 1 1/2 shot baileys
• 1 1/2 shot kaluha
• 3 shots milk
• 1 shot coffee
• Put ice in the mixer and shake
• Grate the Toblerone over the cocktail and garnish with a piece of chocolate on the glass

Coffee and Orange Martini

• 1 shot vodka
• 1/2 shot Cointreau
• 1 shot Kahlua
• 1 shot nespresso
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• Put ice in the mixer and shake

Ginger Iced Mocca

• 4 shot milk
• 1 shot coffee
• melted chocolate
• ginger 1/4 tsp