14 recipes

Vodka cocktail recipes

Vodka has no flavour to argue with, which means the other ingredients are the entire drink. In an Espresso Martini, the coffee liqueur at 1.10 g/ml is nearly 17% heavier than the vodka at 0.94 g/ml — pour both to the same volume and you have poured meaningfully different masses of sugar and alcohol.

These are the vodka drinks worth making properly, each with the weight alongside the volume.

A Moscow Mule

Moscow Mule

Vodka and lime, with ginger beer. Cold copper mug required.

3 ingredients · 202 ml · 11.9%

A Espresso Martini

Espresso Martini

Vodka, coffee liqueur, fresh espresso. Shake for a thick crema.

4 ingredients · 100 ml · 21%

A Cosmopolitan

Cosmopolitan

Vodka, triple sec, cranberry, lime. Bright pink, perfectly balanced.

4 ingredients · 105 ml · 21.4%

A Pornstar Martini

Pornstar Martini

Douglas Ankrah's bestseller. Passion fruit and vanilla vodka.

4 ingredients · 89.5 ml · 24.5%

A White Russian

White Russian

The Dude abides. Vodka, coffee liqueur, and cream over ice.

3 ingredients · 97 ml · 23.1%

A Black Russian

Black Russian

Simple, strong, direct. Vodka and coffee liqueur over ice.

2 ingredients · 90 ml · 33.3%

A Bloody Mary

Bloody Mary

Vodka and tomato juice with lemon and the full savoury spice rack.

4 ingredients · 151 ml · 12.2%

A Lemon Drop Martini

Lemon Drop Martini

Vodka, triple sec and lemon in a sugar-rimmed glass.

3 ingredients · 75 ml · 30%

A Sea Breeze

Sea Breeze

Vodka with cranberry and grapefruit over ice.

3 ingredients · 190 ml · 8.4%

A Sex on the Beach

Sex on the Beach

Vodka and peach schnapps with orange and cranberry.

4 ingredients · 140 ml · 14.3%

A French Martini

French Martini

Vodka, raspberry liqueur and pineapple with a signature foam.

3 ingredients · 75 ml · 27.3%

A Russian Spring Punch

Russian Spring Punch

Vodka, lemon and cassis lengthened with sparkling wine.

5 ingredients · 135 ml · 15%

A Spicy Fifty

Spicy Fifty

Vanilla vodka, elderflower and honey with a chilli kick.

5 ingredients · 91 ml · 25.8%

A Soweto Sunrise

Soweto Sunrise

A township twist on the sunrise — vodka and orange juice over a slow-sinking grenadine dawn.

3 ingredients · 175 ml · 9.1%

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