The Vieux Carré meets coffee cocktails. This cocktail was inspired by a classic from the Carousel Bar where Ernest Hemingway was a regular. With that in mind I wanted to keep the sugar content outside of the spirits at a minimal so the sweet element comes from the microplaned dark chocolate that hits your nose as you go in for each sip. The addition of the instant coffee is as a foaming agent to create a head and to add texture to the drink that would be lacking otherwise.
Ingredients
60 ml Mr Black Coffee Liqueur
15 ml VS Cognac(Hennessy)
15 ml Rye Whiskey(Bulleit)
10 ml Benedictine
5 ml Absinthe
2.50 g Instant coffee
Block Dark chocolate
Directions
1
Add first 6 ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice
2
Hard shake
3
Double strain into Martini Glass
4
Microplane dark chocolate over 3/4 of the top
If you try this one at home let me know how you find enjoy it