Unique & Yummy Coffee Recipes

Foods & Drinks

  • Author Katya Coen
  • Published May 14, 2009
  • Word count 485

Ever since the War of 1812 stopped the importation of tea into America, American’s have been in love with coffee. Black, blonde, sweetened only, the various ways of drinking coffee are astonishing. Coffee recipes are abundant on the Internet and served in nearly every sit-down restaurant and in all coffee shops.

Some coffee recipes are quite simple, just add a flavoring to the coffee and voila. Other recipes are more detailed and require following a series of steps. There are even recipes that use the coffee bean to transform other beverages into new and exciting flavored beverages.

Coffee Drinks

Coffee drinks are extremely popular, even among people who don’t typically drink coffee. This coffee recipe combines sweet apricots with chilled coffee to make a wonderful creamy drink. Serve it in tall glasses on a warm summer afternoon and delight the guests.

Apricot Iced Coffee

Ingredients

  • ¾ cup chilled coffee

  • ½ cup cup chilled apricot juice

  • ½ pt softened vanilla ice cream.

  • ½ cup of fresh apricots.

Instructions for Apricot Iced Coffee:

  • Mix the coffee, milk and apricot nectar together in a bowl.

  • Add the softened ice cream and beat until smooth.

  • Blend fresh apricots in a blender until smooth. Pour the apricot mixture into a coffee glass and top with the coffee mixture.

For entertaining purposes, surprise guests with a coffee punch. Offer liqueurs an optional add-in for those who would like to have them. Bailey’s Irish Crème goes quite well with this coffee recipe.

Coffee Punch

Ingredients

  • 2 quarts of vanilla ice cream, softened.

  • 2 quarts of strong brewed coffee, cooled.

  • 2 cups of milk

  • 2 cups of whipping cream, whipped.

  • ½ cup of sugar.

  • 1 tablespoon of vanilla extract

  • Ground nutmeg.

Instructions for Coffee Punch:

  • Combine the coffee, milk, sugar, and vanilla; stir thoroughly. Chill.

  • Place the vanilla ice cream in a large punch bowl.

  • Pour the coffee mixture over top of the ice cream, stirring gently.

  • Top with whipped cream, sprinkle with nutmeg, and then serve.

On a cold winter morning, gather the family together for coffee cake and a steaming cup of Mocha Coffee. Transfer the finished product to a thermal carafe and serve at the table or leave in a warming pot on the stove.

Mocha Coffee

Ingredients

  • 14 oz (one can) of evaporated milk

  • 2 cups of strong coffee

  • 1 cup of hot water

  • ½ cup of pure cocoa powder

  • ½ cup of sugar.

Instructions for Mocha Coffee

  • In a suitably sized saucepan, mix together the cocoa powder and sugar.

  • Add the hot water and whisk lightly until smooth.

  • Heat gently for 2 minutes until the mixture turns thick, stirring constantly.

  • Add the evaporated milk and the coffee.

  • Heat to just boiling, beat, then serve as desired

Coffee Recipes for Anytime

Coffee doesn’t have to be a breakfast drink and it doesn’t have to be plain and boring. Jazz up the flavors with coffee recipes that take very little time and effort and are a delight to the taste buds.

Katya Coen provides information on coffee recipes for Coffee Info Sites - your guide to quality coffee sites!

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