Coffee Cocktails

22 recipes, including Coffee Caipirinha, White Russian, Black Russian.

22 Coffee cocktails, with ingredients and how to make them.

  • Coffee Caipirinha — Cachaça, lime, and cold brew coffee liqueur.
  • White Russian — Split-vodka technique with a deliberately half-mixed look.
  • Black Russian — A Black Russian twist made with rye whiskey.
  • Coffee & Dulce de Leche (Dom Cabra) — A creamy drink of coffee liqueur and dulce de leche liqueur.
  • Caramel Espresso Martini — A modern Espresso Martini riff that balances bitter coffee with sweet caramel.
  • Cabra Coco — Coffee liqueur, coconut cachaça, and whiskey, with optional applewood smoke.
  • Revólver — A short, intense cocktail pairing whisky and coffee liqueur, with a dense foam and navel orange aromatics.
  • Coffee Boulevardier — A Boulevardier riff with coffee liqueur in place of vermouth, stirred with Campari and whiskey.
  • Café Bombo — An intense stirred drink of Campari, coffee liqueur, and bourbon, stirred in a mixing glass.
  • Café 43 — A shaken sour of coffee liqueur and Licor 43, with lime juice and a double strain.
  • Cabrélico — Coffee liqueur and hazelnut liqueur built straight in the glass, stirred, and finished with thyme.
  • Cabra Moca — Equal parts coffee liqueur and chocolate liqueur, shaken to bring their densities together.
  • Espresso Martini — Dick Bradsell's classic: vodka, coffee liqueur, and espresso shaken until crowned with foam.
  • Bossa Negra — Coffee Old Fashioned: bourbon, coffee liqueur, and hazelnut syrup, stirred, with a torched rosemary sprig.
  • Coffee Negroni — A Negroni riff with coffee liqueur, less vermouth, and navel orange peel.
  • Caramel Coffee — Short shaken drink of caramel vodka, caramel coffee liqueur, and vanilla syrup, served over ice.
  • Pingo Salgado — Vodka sour with coffee liqueur and salted caramel syrup, served up in a chilled coupe.
  • Irish Coffee — Hot classic of Irish whiskey, brewed coffee, and cream floating on top.
  • Coffee Enzoni — A dark Enzoni: gin, Campari, and coffee liqueur shaken with black grapes and lemon.
  • Toblerone — Creamy cocktail of coffee, hazelnut, and Irish cream — a liquid dessert inspired by the Swiss chocolate.
  • Better Than Sex — Shaken dessert of amaretto, cacao, Irish cream, and coffee liqueur, lengthened with milk in a rocks glass.
  • Coffee with Whisky — White Russian shaken with bourbon in place of vodka, coffee liqueur, and cream.

More in this list

  • Non-alcoholic
  • Sour
  • Citrus
  • Bitter
  • Sweet
  • Strong
  • Refreshing
  • Fruity