Crazy in da Coconut martini

This martini concoction has a bit of a tropical island flair. If you cant seem to get away for a nice vacation, perhaps this martini will be a worthy substitute.

Ingredients

• 6 ounces of freezing Van Hoo vodka.
• 1 fresh Mexican vanilla bean. If you cant find the Mexican variety, you can use a Madagascar vanilla bean, which is most common.
• 1 tablespoon of cream of coconut.
• 1 teaspoon of fresh coconut flakes.

The mix

• Add a few drops of the cream of coconut to 2 freezing martini glasses, and put them back in the freezer until called upon.
• Carefully slice the vanilla bean lengthwise and scrape the insides into a shaker 3/4 full of cracked ice. Drop the vanilla bean into the shaker.
• The remaining cream of coconut goes into the shaker.
• A good full minute of shaking (stirring is not an option here).
• Strain your martini into the two glasses in which you've added the cream of coconut.
• Top each glass with a few coconut flakes.
• Spin a good Latin rhythm and enjoy!