Mexican coffee

By adding a teaspoon of cinnamon, sprinkled over your coffee in the basket portion of your brewer, you can add some easy zip to your cuppa. Once you brew as usual and fill a big mug simply add about two to three tablespoons of whipped cream, according to your taste. On top of the whipping cream, sprinkle just a pinch of nutmeg. If you want, you can use a straw .. but we usually just drink from the cup. Delightful!

Elegant Coffee

Start with your favorite coffee made a bit stronger than usual. Add un-whipped whipping cream, direct from the carton. Yummy, elegant and rich. Yes, it has a few more calories, but it’s oh, such an easy treat.

Desert Coffee Drink

Coffee and Kahlua(R) makes a drink that is also a desert. Just add a shot of Kahlua to a mug of coffee and top it off with whipped cream. This coffee drink can be served hot or cold. In either case, provide each diner with a spoon to mix as desired – or not. It’s delicious both ways.

Irish coffee

Though usually served in special Irish coffee mugs, that are thinner than a normal mug, tall and with a handle, it’s a fun to make. Pour in a shot of high quality Irish whiskey, then pour the hot coffee in, leaving enough room for a nice dose of whipped cream. Sip and enjoy! Like many hot after dinner coffee drink recipes, this one is wonderful on a cold night.

Iced coffee drink

This recipe needs a few minutes of advance preparation for the perfect cup. Make an extra strong pot of coffee and allow to cool. Freeze the coffee in ice trays. When frozen, you can bag it up in a freezer bag for instant access at serving time. A few hours before you plan to serve, make a pot of regular strength coffee. Allow to cool and refrigerate in a plastic container with a pouring spout. Fill a tall glass with the coffee cubes, pour the cold coffee over and garnish with whipped cream. Drizzle caramel sauce over the whipped cream.

Whichever coffee drinks you try, they are a wonderful change of pace and a fun way to change your drink. Enjoy the great flavors!

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Step 1) Add your preferred flavoring syrup to your cup first.

Step 2) Add espresso or coffee

Step 3) Add ice or ice cream

Step 4) Add desired creamer (unless you added ice cream above)

Tips:

* If you make ice cubes from coffee your drink won’t get watered down.

* If using ice cream, be sure your ice cream is made with real cream as it will taste much better.

* High quality coffee beans make better drinks.

* Freshness counts. Fresh coffee beans will make better tasting coffee.

* You can a wide variety of toppings that are often available at coffee houses when at home such as: whipped cream, chocolate shavings, nutmeg or cinnamon.

So enjoy your iced coffee and save money while doing it!

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Actual mocha recipe used is:

Mocha about 4 servings What you need:
1 1/2 cups strong coffee,
4 teaspoons chocolate syrup,
3/4 teaspoon cinnamon,
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg,
1 tablespoon sugar,
1/2 cup whipping cream

Put 1 tsp of syrup into each coffee cup, Mix cream, with 1/4 tsp of the cinnamon, nutmeg, and sugar.
Place the last 1/2 tsp of cinnamon in coffee, and stir.

Pour coffee into cups, stir to mix in syrup, top with whipped cream mixture

Remember, the quality of your mocha will depend on the quality of your ingredients!

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When you are cooking with coffee, remember that, as with any recipe, fresh ingredients are important. You should always buy freshly ground coffee at the store or grind the coffee beans yourself at home. Once the coffee ground, you should use the coffee as quickly as possible, before it loses flavor. Also, if your recipe happens to call for brewed coffee, you should be sure to brew it immediately before you cook with it. It’s also important for you to remember that, when you cook with coffee, you generally want the coffee to be a few times stronger than coffee that you would drink.

Coffee is often used in desserts, but it can be used in other foods as well. Here are some of our favorite coffee recipes:

Espresso Brownies:

In a sauce pan, heat a quarter teaspoon of salt, a stick and a half of butter and a cup of sugar. Then add four ounces of chopped, semi-sweet chocolate and a teaspoon of vanilla and stir the entire mixture until it is melted. Then add a tablespoon of your favorite dark roast or substitute two teaspoons of espresso granules if you like. Then stir everything until it is well mixed.

Next, transfer the mixture to a mixing bowl and allow it to cool just a bit. Then, while it’s still warm, fold in a cup of flour and three eggs. Then, pour the entire mixture into a baking pan and bake it for about 30 minutes. When done, allow it to cool a bit and then enjoy!

Black Russian Cake:

Add a cup of vegetable oil, a package of chocolate pudding, a half cup of creme de cacao and four eggs to your favorite dark chocolate cake mix. Then, add half a cup of Russian coffee (1 oz of vodka, 1/2 oz of Kahlua, 5 oz of hot black coffee) to the mix.

Then simply beat the mixture until it is smooth and pour it into a tube pan. Bake it for 45 minutes in a 375F (190C) oven and there you have it!

Coffee Meatloaf Sauce:

If you think coffee is only good in desserts, think again.

To make a coffee meatloaf sauce, which is becoming increasingly popular in Australia especially, blend 1/4 cup of water, a tablespoon of instant coffee and 1/2 a cup of ketchup with equal amounts of your favorite dry red and Worcestershire sauce. Then, add an ounce of margarine, two tablespoons each of lemon juice and vinegar and finish up with some brown sugar.

Meanwhile, cook the meat for 30 minutes. Then add the well-mixed sauce and bake everything for another 45 minutes at 375F (190C)

Aside from these simple coffee recipes, you can even mix a cup of sugar and a cup of double-strength Columbian coffee and heat it in a sauce pan and stir constantly to create coffee syrup.

Whether you like muffins, breads, candy, cookies, ice creams, cocktails or pies, there’s a recipe out there for you. Don’t be afraid to experiment a little and do some research to come up with your own personal favorite coffee creations!

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Mexican Mocha, as the name suggests, is a mixture of chocolate and coffee. To make a Mexican mocha all you have to do is mix a quarter of a teaspoon of cinnamon and nutmeg with a teaspoon of chocolate syrup. Then add a cup of coffee. You can also add sugar if you want to. If you enjoy whipped cream you can take things a step further by either blending the entire thing with whipping cream or topping it with whipped cream.

For the more adventurous coffee drinker, there’s Cubano. Like tequila, Cubano coffee is meant to be consumed straight. Although, if you aren’t feeling quite so adventurous, you can add rum to the Cubano. You could also add some milk, if you prefer, but adding more than a tablespoon of milk will completely change the effects of the process.

If you’re up for an entirely different experience, try Caribbean coffee. Caribbean coffee is made by baking a coconut at 300F (134C) for half an hour. Once you’ve done that, let the coconut cool down a bit and then break it open. Then you’ll need to remove the coconut flesh, grate it and mix it with a half cup of cow’s milk. Then take that mixture and heat it up until it gets thick. Once you’ve done that, strain the excess coconut granules and mix the rest with a cup of coffee.

If you’re looking for more of a holiday treat, try grog. Start by peeling both a lemon and an orange and separating them into slices. Next, put a peel that is about the size of one orange slice into the bottom of your coffee cup. Add a tablespoon each of butter and brown sugar and a pinch each of nutmeg, cloves and cinnamon. Pour in a half a cup of coffee over all of that and then add heavy cream if you want. Prepare yourself for grog, an excellent holiday drink!

Viennese coffee, which is made by melting an eighth of a cup of dark chocolate and a tablespoon of light cream in a sauce pan, is also an excellent international coffee option. After you mix the chocolate and cream with half of a cup of your favorite coffee, add a sprinkling of cocoa and cinnamon on the top and enjoy!

Turkish coffee is, again, a completely different coffee drinking experience. It is made using special “džezva” pots which boil the coffee. To start, you have to mix a cup of water and a half teaspoon of sugar in the pot and allow the mixture to boil. Then take the pot away from the heat, add a teaspoon of Turkish coffee, stir the entire mixture and place it back on the heat. After that, wait for a layer of foam to appear in the pot and then let it cool. The result is an extremely strong and unique coffee.

Vietnamese iced coffee is also an experience that you should try not to miss. The most important part of making Vietnamese iced coffee is to find a Vietnamese coffee press. Once found, put ground coffee in the press. Fill a cup with a tablespoon of condensed milk. Then pour boiling water over the press and allow it to drip through into the cup. Next comes the most important part. Just stir it up and add ice. Enjoy!

If you try all of these unique coffee options, you’ll feel like you’ve just completed a world tour!

All of these recipes require great coffee beans. So if you want the best tasting coffee, use quality ingredients no matter which recipe you choose.

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