In one sense, adding alcohol to coffee is a little peculiar. The alcohol makes you mellow, and the coffee perks you up. Perhaps it is this blending of opposites that makes these drinks so attractive.
Bottom line… coffee plus alcohol gives us two of our favourite things in one yummy package. What’s better to serve than these alcoholic coffee drinks at the end of a dinner with friends and family this festive season?
Bailey’s Irish Cream Coffee
1 cup of hot coffee
1 1/2 shots Bailey’s Irish Cream
1/4 cup heavy cream, whipped
Ground cinnamon
Pour hot coffee into a preheated glass. Add the Bailey’s and mix well. Top with a mound of whipped cream and a few dashes of cinnamon if desired.
Serves 1
Mexican Coffee
1 cup of hot coffee
3/4 shot Kahlua
3/4 shot Tequila
Coffee Whipped Cream
Pour coffee over liqueurs & top with whipped cream. Garnish with a cherry.
Bavarian Coffee
1/2 oz peppermint schnapps
1/2 oz Kahlua coffee liqueur
5 oz hot black coffee
1 1/2 oz whipped cream
1 tsp sugar
Add coffee and liquors to an irish coffee cup and sweeten to taste. Gently float the cream on top, and sprinkle with grated chocolate.
Spanish Coffee
1 cup of hot coffee
1/2 oz Tia Maria
1/2 oz Rum
Whipped Cream
Add liqueur and coffee. Top with whipped cream and garnish with a cherry.
Cafe Don Juan
3/4 oz dark rum
1 oz Kahlua coffee liqueur
5 oz hot black coffee
1 1/2 oz whipped cream
1 tsp sugar
Rim an irish coffee cup with lemon juice and sugar. Pour coffee and liquors into the cup and sweeten to taste. Float the cream on top, sprinkle with grated chocolate, and serve.
Amaretto Coffee
1 cup of hot coffee
1 1/2 shots Amaretto liqueur
1/4 cup lightly whipped cream
1/2 tspn toasted, sliced almonds
Pour hot coffee into a preheated brandy snifter and stir in the liqueur. Top with whipped cream and almonds, if desired.
Café Brulot
16 fl oz hot, strong coffee
1 cinnamon stick, roughly broken
4 sugar cubes
4 whole cloves
2 fl oz Cognac
Peel of 1/2 orange
2 tbspn Grand Marnier or other orange liqueur
Peel of 1/2 lemon
In saucepan, over low heat, combine cinnamon, cloves, orange and lemon peels and sugar. Stir in Cognac and liqueur. Using a long match, carefully ignite mixture. Immediately, but slowly, pour in coffee, stirring until flames subside. Pour into small punch cups and serve.
Nose Warmer
1 cup of hot coffee
1/4 oz Tia Maria
1/4 oz Bailey’s
1/4 oz Grand Marnier
1/4 oz Frangelica
1/4 oz dark crème de cacao
Add the liqueurs to the coffee, top with whipped cream and garnish with cinnamon
Espresso Martini
1½ oz. Kahlúa 1 oz. Absolut Vodka 1 oz. espresso
Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake vigorously and strain into a martini glass.
The Wake Up Call
2 oz. New Amsterdam Vodka 1 oz. coffee ½ oz. triple sec 1 oz. milk Garnish: three coffee beans
Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake vigorously and strain into a glass. Garnish with three coffee beans.
Espresso Summer
1 oz. Strong Espresso 1½ oz. gin 4 blackberries ½ oz. simple syrup ½ oz. orange juice
Garnish: orange wheel and blackberry
To make simple syrup, mix equal parts hot water and sugar until sugar is dissolved. Muddle blackberries in the bottom of a cocktail shaker. Add remaining ingredients and ice, and shake vigorously. Strain into a glass filled with ice and garnish with an orange wheel and blackberry.
Paradise Found
6 oz. coffee 1 oz. spiced rum 1 oz. butterscotch schnapps Cream & sugar
Garnish: whipped cream and a coffee bean
Combine all ingredients in a glass filled with ice and stir. Garnish with whipped cream and a coffee bean.
