Maybe Sammy’s Martin Hudak to release his first cocktail book, Spiritual Coffee.

Martin Hudak, one of the world’s best-known bartenders and co-founder of Sydney venues Maybe Sammy and Sammy Junior, is releasing his first cocktail book, Spiritual Coffee, all about coffee cocktails. 

ABOUT THE BOOK

Charting from the discovery of the coffee bean through to the first combination of spirit and caffeine, to modern day recipes and crystal ball-gazing into the future of coffee cocktails, Martin has pulled together a wealth of information, history, story telling and drinks to definitively give the world a complete account of coffee cocktails.

Martin, who won the World Coffee & Cocktail Championship in 2017 and runs his own boutique and eco-friendly coffee roasting company, brings a fresh look at the world of spirits and caffeine in his book by placing enormous emphasis on the quality and style of beans and roasts used in mixed drinks.

After examining the history and origins of all the best-known coffee cocktails – from the Irish Coffee to the Espresso Martini and White Russian – the book features both classic recipes and modern interpretations from the world’s best bartenders including Erik Lorincz (London), Aiden Bowie (New York), Darren Leaney (Melbourne), Agung Prabowo (Hong Kong), Moe Aljaff (Barcelona) and Remy Savage (London / Paris) as well as Martin’s own recipes.

Spiritual Coffee was designed by Tess Hayley from Salt and Kin Creative Agency and photography was by Daniele Massacci. Additional work on the book has been done by drinks journalist Jane Ryan, who was editor, and it will be printed by Oli Dzupinkova & Peter Suchtar, Martin’s close friends in Slovakia.

Mata&Morro foundation

AUD $1 from each book sale will be donated to the Mata&Morro foundation based in Brazil, specifically Parque Estadual da Serra do Brigadeiro, where funding is sorely needed to combat deforestation and tree-planting. Martin chose this cause after being lucky enough to visit and meet the family leading this charge, as well as trying their coffee grown here.

Martin chose this cause after being lucky enough to visit, sample the coffee grown here and meet the family leading this charge, thanks to 3Brothers Coffee who have a fantastic relationship with the producers there.

ABOUT MARTIN HUDAK

Martin Hudak is a world-renowned bartender and business owner, the co-founder of Maybe Sammy and Sammy Jnr, CEO of Spiritual Coffee and was listed in Slovakia’s Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2020. He rose to prominence working as a Senior Bartender at London’s preeminent American Bar at The Savoy Hotel and went on to win the World Coffee In Good Spirits Championship in 2017 and was named International Bartender of the Year 2019 by Drink Magazine Asia.