Wild Knight® Espresso Martini, 70cl
£37.50
This is our NEW larger, 70cl bottle - more delicious Espresso Martini and better value.
International Wine and Spirit Competition (IWSC) medal winner, August 2020
An Espresso Martini is one of the most popular cocktails. We have done the hard work for you. Just pour over ice and enjoy.
We cold-brew our single-origin speciality coffee before blending with our vodka and adding plump, Indonesian vanilla pods. The newly made spirit is then allowed to rest for a few weeks, to allow all the flavours to marry and work together. The combination of the highest quality ingredients brought together and given time to develop, results in delicious deep coffee flavours and a beautiful dark mahogany colour in the glass.
When we create our drinks, we believe that each should have its own personality. For our Espresso Martini we decided to celebrate the Art Deco style on the label. Representing crafted luxury, taking us back to a time of optimism, 100 years ago.
Wild Knight Espresso Martini is best served slightly chilled on its own, but also try over ice cream - delicious.
At tastings, this is one of our most popular drinks.
| Tasting notes: Deep coffee with notes of toffee, brown sugar and chocolate. Very smooth and soft on the palate. |
| Alcohol: 26.5% ABV. |
| Allergens: Gluten free and does not contain any notifiable allergens. |
| Pack size: 70cl bottle. |
| Barcode: 5060461990338 |
Matt's Notes:
"I enjoy good coffee and wanted to create a coffee liqueur that would use the best ingredients and no flavourings. All the flavour must come from the raw ingredients that I use, and I believe that you can taste the difference.
Recipe development took me down many paths but learning about single-origin coffee and the art of cold-brew helped me to understand how to extract the maximum depth of flavour, without bringing the bitterness to the fore.
Currently, we are using the Caturra and Catuai varieties of the Arabica species from Costa Rica. This has a medium roast and is ideal for our cold-brew process.
I have evolved our production processes over the last 5 years and use wine-making racking techniques to remove any sediment, rather than the plate filter that I originally used to filter the coffee. That was not a job that you did wearing a white tee shirt!
We balance the coffee with two types of sugars and while this is a liqueur, it is not overly sweet and certainly less so than Nelson's Gold.
Finally, maturation is essential to allow all the flavour elements to meld together and for the spirit to smooth out."
Fair Trade?
Fair Trade products guarantee a minimum price back to the growers to support their families. We use single-origin coffee that is produced at a higher quality level and is traceable back to the grower, rather than being sold into a Fair Trade cooperative. Growers are paid more for this high-quality coffee than for Fair Trade and the crop is highly sought after.
The result is more cash back to the farmer and the highest quality coffee for us.
Cold Brew
Once roasted, we cold-brew our coffee beans. This makes a very large, cold espresso and the aroma is fantastic as it brews.
The cold-brew process gently extracts the coffee flavour, leaving the bitterness behind.
Bringing it Altogether
The freshly cold-brewed coffee is blended with our secret recipe of sugars and vodka. Then we age for 2 months with plump Indonesian vanilla pods, allowing all the flavours to develop and meld together.
Then it's time to bottle, ready to be enjoyed.
The Perfect Espresso Martini
To create the crema (the fine foam) that you see on the top of an Espresso Martini cocktail; add equal amounts of Wild Knight Espresso Martini and freshly brewed 'hot' coffee to a cocktail shaker with plenty of ice. Shake very vigorously for 20 to 30 seconds before straining into your cocktail glass and you will be rewarded with a delightful crema on top.
Remember - use hot, not cold coffee, to create the crema. Hot coffee lowers the viscosity, creating a fine foam. That's the science bit. Enjoy!
Customer Reviews
5.0 Based on 23 Reviews
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CM
22/12/2023
Cathy M.
United KingdomI recommend this product
Excellent Christmas gifts!
Bought as Christmas presents, having tasted these absolutely delicious treats before, we know that our family and friends will really enjoy them.
22/01/2024
Wild Knight® Distillery
Thank you Cathy and thank you for your custom. Always appreciated. x
AK
18/04/2023
Alan K.
United Kingdom
Bought as a gift
Bought as a gift. Recipient will be very pleased, especially as she has a pair of the Martini glasses as well.
18/04/2023
Wild Knight® Distillery
That's lovely Alan! Thank you so much for your wonderful reviews, we truly appreciate them.
AE
28/09/2022
Andy E.
United KingdomI recommend this product
Wild knight espresso martini
Well after tasting at Holkham Hall on a event and then buying a bottle … I was hooked . Now three bottles in and still as great as the first drop …. Love it . Warm coffee aroma with that little kick at the back of the throat . Leaving dark blend coffee tones at the end of the drink . Drink room temp or add to a cocktail for that late evening drink . Can’t wait for Christmas siting by the fire with espresso martini at my side ……. We’ll done Wild Knight .
04/10/2022
Wild Knight® Distillery
Dear Andy, thank you for your wonderful review, we truly appreciate it! Look forward to seeing you at Holkham again - we'll be there at Christmas this year, in the Lady Elizabeth Wing, on Sat 10 & Sun 11 December :-)