Cocktail evenings at home have become all the rage. Why not try our Cotswold property, The Lygon Arms' Espresso Martini? No shaker? No worries, General Manager, Marcus O'Leary has shared this simple recipe by stirring too...

• 50 ml vanilla vodka
• 30 ml espresso
• 15 ml Khalua
• Garnish with coffee beans

Directions:

1. Combine all the ingredients into a tall glass
2. Add a handful of crushed ice
3. Stir with a long latte spoon or table spoon and then strain into a chilled martini cocktail glass
4. Garnish with 3 coffee beans

For those of you with cocktail shakers you can achieve the above easily by following the adjusted directions:

1. Combine all the ingredients into your cocktail shaker
2. Shake with ice
3. Strain into a chilled martini cocktail glass
4. Garnish with 3 coffee beans