When the sun starts to set and the temperature begins to drop specialty coffees and hot drinks are perfect. My favorites are the B-52 Coffee, Blueberry Tea, Hot Toddy, Monte Cristo, Irish Coffee and Spanish Coffee. Blueberry tea and Hot Toddy is also great if you have a summer cold or a sore throat from the prior evening!
Instead of using regular coffee you can use Cafe Americano to make your specialty coffees, which is espresso and boiling water. Use 1 espresso to ¾ cup boiling water. Using Cafe Americano instead of regular coffee lends a full-bodied flavour to your specialty coffees.
B-52 Coffee:
1/2 oz Kahlua
1/2 oz irish cream
1/2 oz Grand Marnier, Triple Sec, or Cointreau
Fresh Coffee or Cafe Americano
Pour it into a sugar rimmed glass mug. Whip cream and cherry optional!
Blueberry Tea:
1/2 oz Grand Marnier, Triple Sec, or Cointreau
1/2 oz Disaronno Amaretto
Orange Pekoe Tea
Pour into a Snifter and add as little or as much tea as you like. It is best to put the liquor in your Snifter glasses and serve it with a pot of tea so that your guests can add as much tea as they like.
Hot Toddy:
1 oz. Brandy or Rye Whisky
Boiling Hot Water
I spoon of sugar
2 wedges of lemon
In a glass mug add liquor, sugar, the juice of one lemon wedge, and hot water and stir. Garnish your glasses with the other lemon wedge.
Monte Cristo:
1/2 oz. Grand Marnier, Triple Sec, or Cointreau
1/2 oz. Kahlua
Fresh Coffee or Cafe Americano
Pour it into a sugar rimmed glass mug. Whip cream and cherry optional!
Irish Coffee:
1 oz. Irish Whiskey
Fresh Coffee or Cafe Americano
Serve in a glass mug and top with whipped cream.
Spanish Coffee:
1/2 oz. Light Rum
1/2 oz. Kahlua
Fresh Coffee or Cafe Americano
Pour it into a sugar rimmed glass mug. Whip cream and cherry optional!
These are six great ways to ease into the evening! You could just keep using the same cream based liqueur, but it gets pretty boring. If you offer these specialty coffees to your guests they will greatly appreciate your hospitality. It’s a simple way to pamper your guests, your significant other, or yourself!
Other great liqueurs that are great to add to coffee are Frangelico, McGuiness Creme de Banane, McGuiness Creme de Cacao, and McGuiness Creme de Menthe.
Tea lends itself to many liquors and liqueurs. Try adding Apricot Brandy, Peach Schnapps, Cherry Whisky, or Lemoncello.
Enjoy!
