HOW TO MAKE ESPRESSO MARTINI MEAD AT HOME! (Coffee Alcohol)

mead

🥗Healthier: kombucha

💰Cheaper: hard cider

Kombucha offers a lower-calorie option while hard cider is more widely available.

espresso

🥗Healthier: cold brew coffee

💰Cheaper: instant coffee

Cold brew provides a smoother flavor while instant coffee is cost-effective.

coffee liqueur

🥗Healthier: homemade coffee syrup

💰Cheaper: vanilla extract

Homemade syrup can reduce sugar while vanilla extract is a budget-friendly flavor.

simple syrup

🥗Healthier: agave syrup

💰Cheaper: honey

Agave syrup has a lower glycemic index while honey is often less expensive.

Discuss the inspiration for making espresso martini mead.

Explain what mead is and its basic ingredients.

Gather equipment: one-gallon kit, spigot, cold brew setup.

Sanitize equipment and rest honey in hot water to loosen it up.

Add 1 gallon of distilled water to the fermentation kit.

Eyeball a little yeast nutrient and pitch a whole packet of dry yeast.

Shake the mixture to combine and check original gravity aiming for 1.10.

Store in a closet at ambient room temperature (about 73°F) for fermentation.

After a week, check fermentation progress, noting it may take another week to finish.

Prepare cold brew coffee using a 1 cup ground coffee to 3 pints water ratio, letting it sit overnight.

Optionally chop vanilla beans to make extract, ensuring they are submerged to avoid mold.

Add 12 oz of cold brew, 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract, and 4 oz of Kahlúa to the fermented mead mixture.

Taste the mixture and adjust by diluting or adding more cold brew as needed.

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