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Toasted Almond Orange Shaken Espresso

Bright and bittersweet, with toasted almond syrup, a hint of orange and a thick, frothy foam from a hard shake over ice.

Toasted Almond Orange Shaken Espresso

Ingredients

  • 4 shots120 gEspressofreshly pulled
  • 2 tbsp whole20 gAlmondssliced
  • ¼ cup60 gWater
  • 1½ tbsp packed20 gBrown sugar
  • 2½ tbsp (35 ml)40 gOrange juice
  • ½ tsp2 gVanilla extract
  • a pinch0.3 gSalt

Steps

  1. Toast the almonds in a small dry saucepan over medium heat, stirring, until golden and fragrant, 3 to 4 minutes.
  2. Add the water, brown sugar and salt to the pan with the almonds and simmer, stirring, until the sugar dissolves, about 2 minutes.
  3. Take the pan off the heat, stir in the vanilla and let the almond syrup steep for 5 minutes.
  4. Strain the almond syrup into a cocktail shaker or jar, pressing on the almonds; set the almonds aside for garnish.
  5. Pull the espresso and add it to the shaker with the almond syrup; let it cool for about 5 minutes.
  6. Add the orange juice and a handful of ice to the shaker, seal and shake hard for 20 seconds until frothy.
  7. Strain half of the shaken espresso into each ice-filled glass and top each glass with half of the toasted almonds.

Contains: Tree nuts.

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Saved in the Every Helping recipe book on October 24, 2026.

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