Wish for cheer & joy? Let’s hauste it instead.

Brew the espresso & pull out the thrifted coupes because the hosting season has officially arrived! Hauste has teamed up with Absolut to co-curate a dinner party guide that maximizes the holidays by elevating every intimate gathering spent with loved ones & chosen family all season long. With a warm nostalgia, swanky vintage aesthetic & menu consisting of not-your-average holiday fare, the Absolut Espresso Martini Mini Soirée Hosting Guide updates the standard festivities by taking a page from holidays past.

A little glam, a dash of velvet & all the iconic retro vibes — let’s get festive.

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Host your own Mini Soirée

Take the guesswork out of holiday entertaining. This thoughtfully crafted dinner party guide equips the hauste-to-be with a detailed manual on executing a memorable mini soiree guests will crave long after the holidays end.

From fashioning a tablescape straight out of a vintage editorial, designing a menu that punctuates typical holiday fare, and curating a playlist that delivers record-player feels, we’ve identified all the need-to-knows that lessen the stress so you can focus on entertaining your guests — because peace & joy aren’t reserved for them alone.

- Carefully curated Swedish inspired menu
- Absolut Espresso Martini recipe & tips
- Ingredient list, kitchen tools list & blank shopping list
- Detailed planning timeline & checklist
- “Styling for the Senses” design guide
- Custom Spotify playlist
The key to becoming the holiday hauste with the most — it’s all about the details. Which is why we’ve curated a themed set of digital invites, menus & place cards that elevate the moment entirely.
Each Hauste It comes with access to these digital templates which can be edited, printed & sent as you see fit. Going above & beyond has never been so easy.
This guide (like all of our other Hauste Its) has been vetted & tested in real time by yours truly to ensure the flow is nothing short of perfection. Rest assured: you, your guests & your tendency to forget the chestnuts roasting on an open fire are in expert hands.

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the absolut espresso martini

Decadent, luxurious & beloved by all party-goers regardless of liquor or caffeine preferences, the Espresso Martini is the beverage of the season. Can’t you just picture Frank Sinatra sipping on a crystal coupe glass filled with froth & warmth? Make it the signature cocktail from arrival to departure & keep the holiday cheer going all season long.

ingredients

2 parts Absolut vodka

1 part Kahlúa

1 part Espresso

Ice

Coffee beans for garnish

Directions

Fill a shaker with 2 parts Absolut Vodka, 1 part Kahlúa and 1 part espresso. Add ice and give this cocktail a good shake for 15-20 seconds to ensure a nice forth foams. Top with 3 espresso beans or a favorite seasonal garnish (a mini peppermint stick or these holiday cocktail stirrers, perhaps?).

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As sisters growing up with a mom more commonly referred to as the “Swedish Martha Stewart,” we styled tablescapes & prepped 3-course meals before we learned our ABCs (not kidding). On any given weekend, our home served as a gathering place owed entirely to the captivating curations our mom cooked up without wasting a bead of sweat.

These magical, weekly events peppered with an inspired menu, enchanting aesthetics & an unstressed host enjoying the festivities herself became standard practice & our goal is to make this your new norm, too.

Hauste takes the sensibilities from our long family line of entertainers, adds a dash of contemporary flare & molds them into a modern hausting manual — a simplified path to the picturesque parties you crave with more time to make celebrating a regular occurrence.

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Just a taste

For the holiday host who needs a little inspo, get in the spirit with our Holiday Hot Take — a curated gathering of inspiring resources that add ease & refinement to your usual line-up of seasonal gatherings. Consider this your mise-en-place of Hauste-approved links to nuanced holiday dishes, updated aesthetics & simple supplements that elevate all festive get-togethers.