Crave – food & drink

Recipe – Coffee Tequila Liqueur

  • 6 cups sugar
  • 1.5 cups instant coffee [e.g., Folger’s Classic Roast instant coffee crystals]
  • 4 cups (1 quart) silver tequila [e.g., Milagro silver tequila)
  • 1 vanilla bean

Bring 3 cups of water to a boil.

Mix sugar and instant coffee together in a bowl, then add this mixture to the boiling water. Dissolve and bring to a boil again.

Add 4 cups of tequila and cook on medium heat for 5 minutes. [Note: Watch it closely to make sure it doesn’t boil over.]

Remove from heat and let cool. Pour into a glass container or bottle. Add 1 vanilla bean. Store for 4 weeks.

Remove vanilla bean. Keep in large bottle or pour into small bottles.

Sugar & instant coffee mixture

Sugar & instant coffee mixture

 

Coffee liqueur cooking on stovetop

Coffee liqueur cooking on stovetop

 

Coffee liqueur in bottle

Coffee liqueur in bottle