Liqueur de café Au Vodka Double Espresso 70cl

Poured it over ice after dinner and the colour alone looks like liquid gold in the glass. The five-times distilled vodka base keeps it smooth while the espresso bite comes through proper, not syrupy sweet. Bottle's gone faster than I expected, which says enough.

The espresso hit is proper and dark, not syrupy sweet, and it mixes into an old fashioned without getting lost. That five-times distilled vodka base keeps it dangerously smooth going down.

The gold bottle looks almost too flashy to keep in the cupboard, but the five-times distilled base makes each sip dangerously smooth. It’s dangerously easy to pour a second one over ice after dinner, and the coffee liqueur balances the vodka kick better than I expected.