Coffee liquor is a very fragrant, rich and strong enough drink, which certainly had to be appreciated by all fans of these liquors. With a rather sharp taste, coffee liqueur is rarely consumed in its pure form, most often it serves as the basis for a huge number of cocktails, it is drunk with diluted, or at least with ice. How to prepare coffee liqueur at home we will tell in this article.
Recipe for Mexican coffee liqueur
Ingredients:
- water - 4 items;
- sugar - 4 items;
- vodka - 2-3 items;
- natural ground coffee - 1/2 tbsp .;
- vanilla - 1 pod.
Preparation
Vanilla pod cut in half and remove the seeds from it with a knife. Mix vanilla with vodka. The amount of vodka is determined according to the desired strength of the drink, so it is logical to assume that for a stronger liquor you need 3 glasses of vodka, for less strong - 2.
To vodka with vanilla we ship natural ground coffee, mix all the ingredients well.
Now it's time for sugar syrup. In a bowl, mix sugar and water, put everything on the fire and wait until the sugar dissolves. Fill the syrup with the rest of the ingredients. Do not forget to check the sweetness of the drink, adding the syrup gradually, constantly trying the liquor.
Now the most difficult thing is to wait 3 weeks, while the drink is infused, after which it should be passed through the coffee filter, and then enjoy a wonderful taste.
How to drink such a coffee liqueur? It's very simple, just add a couple of ice cubes to it and it's ready!
How to make a coffee liqueur with cognac?
Adding cognac to the coffee liquor will make the drink more fragrant and give it its "zest".
Ingredients:
- ground coffee - 50 g;
- cognac - 600 ml;
- water - 600 ml;
- lemon juice - 1 teaspoon;
- sugar -250 g.
Preparation
Let's start cooking with sugar syrup: pour sugar half of all the water and put it on the fire. We wait until the syrup thickens, and the sugar crystals completely dissolve.
The remaining water is used for brewing coffee, which after cooking must be tightly closed with a lid and insist for about a day. After a day, the coffee is mixed with syrup, lemon juice and cognac, poured into bottles and leave to stand for 3 weeks.
Coffee and milk liqueur
Coffee-milk liqueur carries the commercial name "Baileys." This drink is characterized by a softer taste and greater sweetness.
Ingredients:
- vodka - 500 ml;
- instant coffee - 1 tbsp. a spoon;
- vanilla - 1 pod;
- condensed milk - 1 jar;
- cream (fatty) - 400 ml.
Preparation
From the vanilla pod we extract the seeds and beat them with a mixer with condensed milk. Soluble coffee pour a tablespoon of water so as to get a thick paste. We add coffee to the condensed milk, again we mix everything, without turning off the mixer, with a thin trickle of cream. The last and most important ingredient is vodka, we mix it with the rest of the ingredients. The coffee-cream liqueur is ready!
Now you can drink a drink with ice, or prepare a cocktail with our coffee liqueur, for example, the famous cocktail B-52 .
Cocktail B-52 with coffee liqueur
Ingredients:
- pure coffee liquor - 30 ml;
- coffee-milk liqueur - 30 ml;
- orange liqueur "Cointreau" - 30 ml.
Preparation
For this recipe, you will need a bar, or, in extreme cases, an ordinary spoon, and, of course, a firm hand.
In the bottom of the wineglasses for shots, pour a pure coffee liqueur, behind it, on the back side of the spoon, in a thin trickle, top up the home "Bailey" , and finally, in a similar technique, pour "Cointreau". We ignite the cocktail before consumption, drink through a tube.