Ingredients
- 1 oz Coffee Liqueur
- .5 oz Triple Sec
- top with Coffee
- 1/5 oz Whipped Cream
Instructions
Rim the mug:
- Rim a coffee mug with sugar for a sweet touch.
Mix:
- Add 1 oz coffee liqueur and 0.5 oz triple sec to the mug. Fill with hot coffee.
Top:
- Top with 1/5 oz whipped cream and a sprinkle of grated chocolate.
Notes
Estimated Nutrition:
Where it came from
Hot coffee cocktails are everywhere. The Spanish Coffee, the Irish Coffee, the Karsk. The Monte Cristo Coffee is the Spanish Coffee variant that uses Grand Marnier or triple sec for the orange note instead of brandy.
Some recipes flame the rim with the spirits before topping with coffee. Some skip the flame and just pour. Both work.
What it tastes like
Bitter coffee on the lead, sweet Kahlua and orange triple sec in the middle, creamy whipped finish. The orange peel oils on the cream cut through the sweetness.
Hot coffee is essential. Lukewarm coffee makes the whole drink go flat.
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Ingredient Spotlight
The bottles that make or break this drink.
The coffee liqueur
- Use
- Kahlua or Tia Maria
- Try
- Mr Black for less sweet
The triple sec
- Use
- Grand Marnier or Cointreau
- Why
- Higher quality orange liqueur shows in a hot drink
The coffee
- Use
- Strong filter coffee or a long espresso topped with hot water
- Skip
- Instant coffee, the drink goes thin
What if I don't have…
Quick substitutions for when the bottle shop is closed.
Cointreau or any quality triple sec.
Cold espresso syrup or Mr Black.
Add 15 ml of dark rum for a Jamaica Coffee variant.
Pour over ice in a tall glass. Loses the hot mug feel but works.
Pour cold heavy cream over the back of a spoon. Same float.
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