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Ingredients:
• 1 cup Cold water
• 2 tb Ground espresso coffee
• ½ Cinnamon stick (3″ long)
• 4 ts Crème de Cacao
• 2 ts Brandy
• 2 tb Whipping cream, chilled
• Grated semisweet chocolate to garnish

How To:
Break out your espresso machine for this one or just make really strong coffee with a small amount of water. Break cinnamon stick into small pieces and add to hot espresso. Allow to cool for 1 minute. Add crème de cacao and brandy, and stir gently. Pour into cute demitasse cups. Whip the cream, and float some cream on top of each cup. For looks, garnish with grated chocolate or fancy chocolate curls. Multiply proportions by six and it’s perfect for a party. Serves 2

Tia Maria, rum and coffee. Nice and easy. The Tia Maria gives this cocktail some added coffee flavour. You can use light or dark rum, depending on your taste.
Ingredients:

1/2 oz Tia Maria
1/2 oz rum
1 cup hot coffee
Preparation:

Mix and serve with whipped cream.
Serves 1

Add a little citrus zest to your cup, with some orange vodka. You might be surprised at how well orange blends with coffee. It’s both tangy and mellow.
Ingredients:

1 cup of coffee
1 1/2 shots of Kahlua
1 shot of orange vodka (such as Absolut’s mandarin)
Preparation:

Stir coffee, Kahlua and vodka together in a mug or glass. Top with whipped cream, if desired.

Creamy and sweet like hot cocoa, but this coffee cocktail is flavoured with praline liquor. The spirits give it the taste of candied nuts.
Ingredients:

3 cups hot coffee
3/4 half n half
3/4 cup brown sugar
2 tbs butter
3/4 praline liqueur
Preparation:

Combine everything but the praline liqueur and heat through, until sugar dissolves. Add liqueur and serve.
Serves 4

A flaming coffee drink that will impress at a party. Maybe a little too showy for your typical morning coffee, but a wonderful spiced recipe when serving coffee cocktails for a crowd.
Ingredients:

1 cup coffee
1 orange
5 tbs cognac
5 tbs benedictine
1 tsp brown sugar
3 cloves, whole
Preparation:

Strip off a large piece of orange zest, and poke the cloves into it. Place in the bottom of a mug, with the brown sugar. In a saucepan, mix the cognac and benedictine and heat through. Light the alcohol and pour (flaming) into the mug. Fill mug with coffee and serve.

A whole concoction of liqueurs will provide more flavour than you’re used to in a coffee cocktail. A cup of this will warm more than your nose.
Ingredients:

1/4 oz Tia Maria
1/4 oz Frangelica
1/4 oz Baileys
1/4 oz Grand Marnier
1 cup hot coffee
Preparation:

Combine ingredients in a mug and serve.
Serves 1

A potent mix of different tastes in this coffee cocktail. The recipe only serves one, but you’ll want to make more to impress your friends. A Night in Florida is a popular party drink.
Ingredients:

3/4 cup coffee
1 1/2 tsp Kahlua
1 1/2 tsp Frangelico
1 1/2 tsp Grand Marnier
1 1/2 tsp Bailey’s Irish Cream
Preparation:

Mix the liqueurs together, then add to hot coffee. Top with whipped cream, if desired.
Serves 1

Brandy and Kahlua blend smoothly in this coffee cocktail recipe. This is a very simple recipe, with a taste you’ll remember.
Ingredients:

1 cup hot coffee
1 oz Kahlua
1/2 oz brandy
Whipped cream
Preparation:

Mix together in a mug and top with whipped cream, if desired.
Serves 1

Tia Maria is always a fine addition to a cup of coffee, to add even more coffee flavour and a bit of vanilla sweetness. And a good shot of Jamaican rum doesn’t hurt either. Topped with freshly whipped cream.
Ingredients:

5 cups hot coffee
60ml Tia Maria
30ml white rum
150ml thick cream, lightly whipped
Preparation:

Mix the coffee and liqueurs in a saucepan and heat through. Serve into brandy glasses and topped with cream.
Serves 6

You can’t go wrong with this simple but classic recipe for Irish coffee. It’s usually served with a thick dollop of whipped cream on top.
Ingredients:

1 cup hot coffee
1 1/2 oz Irish whisky
1 tbs sugar
Preparation:

Mix together in a mug and top with whipped cream, if desired.