Espresso Martini

Wake me up and mess me up. 1980s London invention, 2020s sensation.

Vodka, coffee liqueur, fresh espresso, and simple syrup — shaken violently until the top froths like crema. Dick Bradsell invented it in 1980s London when a young model asked for something that would "wake me up and then f*** me up." It disappeared for decades, then TikTok and millennial brunch culture resurrected it into the most-ordered cocktail of the 2020s.