Cocktail Menu: All-Day Breakfast

Sydney Common’s inventive All-Day Breakfast cocktail is a celebration of both creativity and sustainability behind the bar. Focused on reducing food waste, it transforms spent coffee grounds and slightly stale croissants into something truly special.

Spent coffee grounds are fused with Martell VSOP, while leftover croissants are infused in milk, then mixed with orange and lemon juice to form a clarified milk punch. Once fine strained, the result is a clear, silky drink with elegant aromas of coffee, citrus and buttery pastry.

A true labour of love, this cocktail showcases skill, patience and sustainable craftmanship, with every step of the process reimagining what might otherwise be discarded.

Check out the recipe below:

All-Day Breakfast (Batch Recipe):
^{Yield: 1.8 – 2L | Approx. 10 – 12 Servings}

Coffee-infused Martell VSOP:

• 300ml Martell VSOP Cognac + eight tsp spent coffee grounds
• 450ml Martell VSOP Cognac

Citrus:

• 400ml fresh orange juice
• 200ml fresh lemon juice
• 12 dashes orange bitters

Sweetener:

• 400ml sugar syrup (1:1)
  (Optional: infuse with orange zest for complimentary citrus notes)

Croissant-infused milk:

• 1200ml full cream milk
• 3–4 slightly stale croissants (from breakfast buffet)

Directions:

Coffee-infused Martell VSOP:

1. Combine 300ml of Martell VSOP with coffee grounds at room temperature
2. Taste after one hour, then every 30 mins until desired flavour is achieved
3. Fine-strain through coffee filter or cheesecloth

Croissant-infused milk:

1. Gently warm milk in saucepan (do not boil)
2. Tear croissants into warm milk
3. Steep for 45–60 mins, stirring occasionally
4. Fine-strain, pressing gently to extract liquid
5. Cool completely

Combining and curdling:

1. In a large container (two litres plus), combine coffee-infused Martell VSOP, citrus, and sugar syrup
2. Add orange bitters and stir
3. Slowly pour in cold croissant milk – do not stir
4. Allow mixture to curdle
5. Cover and refrigerate for 12–24 hours

Clarification:

1. Line strainer with coffee filters, set over container
2. Pour mixture slowly; let it drip naturally
3. Do not stir or press solids
4. Optional: repeat filtration for maximum clarity

Storage and serving:

• Store clarified liquid refrigerated; keeps for several weeks.
• Serve in an Old Fashioned glass over a large clear block of ice