Merry Christmas! Now with NitroPress!

December 26, 2024

Tags: blog holiday cooking

Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas!

I hope anyone reading this has a happy holiday season! We’re doing the fun stuff; hanging out, playing games, making food and cocktails.

Catrena got me a NitroPress for Christmas, my hope is to be able to make us cold brew draught lattes in the future. We tried a few different things inside the canister that worked with varying degrees of success. The best thing I made was a Nitro Espresso Martini. I had made a spiced simple syrup for our english trifle we had for Christmas so I used that in the martini.

Tequila Espresso Martini

• 2oz Tequila (I used reposado)
• 2oz Kahlua (any coffee liqueur would work)
• 2oz fresh brewed espresso
• 1oz simple syrup (i reduced agave syrup with cloves, star anise and cinnamon sticks and a shot of vanilla)

Add all ingredients to the NitroPress canister along with some ice. Close, shake extremely well. I find the NitroPress works the best when everything is REALLY cold. Insert into the base and compress for 8-10 seconds. Then SHAKE AGAIN! Turn upside down and release into your desired coup glass.

It dispenses pretty nice and if you let it settle a minute, it will develop that beautifully creamy head that is a hallmark of nitro beverages. You can do the same thing with a shaker and some vigorous mixing but the head usually dissolves away pretty fast.

Looking up information on the NitroPress and there are a lot of videos showing you how it works, the same thing over and over again, but not a lot of recipes. If I find anything worthy I’ll be sure to post more here!