Home Bar Awards – Up from Below
This is a spontaneous idea I had which actually kills two birds with one stone. First, I am using this as an entry for the Mr. Black Quick Edit Challenge and second, I get another entry for September’s Home Bar Awards challenge. The whole drink is inspired by the seasons and me preparing yet another pumpkin soup.
Actually, I was parring another drink for the Mr. Black Coffee Cocktail Challenge, when I was pondering about yet another Espresso Martini variation. The drink itself is fairly easy to make and therefore seems predetermined for this Quick Edit challenge. Yet, everybody will probably come up with one of these!
Zero Waste Approach
On top of that, the specific base spirit I chose, gave me the excuse to also submit this as my second entry to Home Bar Awards’s “Eat Your Veggies” challenge. I chose to use the left overs from inside the Hokkaido pumpkin I used for cocking to infuse an Oude Genever. – Make sure that you use an edible pumpkin! – Apart from that, I only replaced the simple syrup with vanilla syrup and added a few dashes of pumpkin spice.
3 cl Mr. Black Coffee Liqueur
3 cl Freshly Brewed Quijote Espresso
0,75 cl Vanilla Syrup
Shake – strain – chilled Cocktail glass;
Garnish: Pumpkin Spice; Song: Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros – Up from Below;
*Add the remains of the inside of a Hokkaido pumpkin – infuse in 150 ml of genver – shake – let sit for an hour – strain – bottle in clean bottle.
It really is funny that one hour of infusion results in a strong pumpkin taste in the final drink. Yet, it is not overwhelming and instead plays along well with the other ingredients. The coffee liqueur, espresso, vanilla syrup and pumpkin spice naturally pair perfectly. All in all, this is definitely a bit out there, but a perfect seasonal version of the Espresso Martini!
