VS-over-XO preference concerns a specific cocktail, not overall spirit quality. Amaro brands are not interchangeable in effect. Espresso Martini's celebrity-origin account is explicitly folklore.
Producer recipe collection, first American edition2025; Espresso Martini through Mr. Brown. Read in full-source context, not a detached search hit.
Cocoa bitters modify an Espresso Martini; Chartreuse shapes Bijou and Champs-Élysées; amaro replaces vermouth in Black Manhattan; coffee/vanilla modifiers accompany bourbon in Mr. Brown.
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Cocoa bitters modify an Espresso Martini; Chartreuse shapes Bijou and Champs-Élysées; amaro replaces vermouth in Black Manhattan; coffee/vanilla modifiers accompany bourbon in Mr. Brown.
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VS-over-XO preference concerns a specific cocktail, not overall spirit quality. Amaro brands are not interchangeable in effect. Espresso Martini's celebrity-origin account is explicitly folklore.
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