What's Your Favorite Homemade Coffee Liqueur Recipe? Looking for ideas for holiday gifts...
Hi Everyone!
I am hoping to make a batch of homemade coffee liqueur and gift small bottles to friends for the holidays. I am a bit overwhelmed by the number of recipes and options available on a Google search!
Do you prefer coffee powder or cold brew, and what brand or roast? Rum or Vodka? How nice of a spirit should I spring for? Do you have a favorite recipe or a source whose instructions I could trust and follow?
Any help appreciated!
Posted Nov 10, 2020, 2:21 PM UTC
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I just made this recipe with Trung Nguyen Special Ground Coffee. It’s my first go at it and needs some tweaking but already think it’s gonna be my go-to from now on.
Ingredients: • 170 grams Vietnamese coffee grounds • 3 cup cold water • 2 vanilla beans split lengthwise • 1.5 cup of 2:1 demerara syrup • 3 cups rum of choice
Step 1: Make Your Cold Brew Coffee Add the coffee to the pint-sized Mason jar, pour the water on top and stir lightly. Seal and let the jar sit for 12 to 24 hours. When the coffee has brewed, pour it through the cheesecloth or strainer into a bowl or large glass.
Step 2: Make Your Liqueur Add the brewed coffee, demerara syrup, beans, and rum to the quart-sized Mason jar and stir. Seal and let it rest in a cool, dark place for at least three days.
How Long Does It Keep? Your cold brew coffee liqueur will stay fresh for more than a month, but like cold brew coffee itself, it is best used within two to three weeks.
How do coffee liqueur makers get theirs to be shelf stable for so much longer? Do you think that instant coffee powder has a better shelf life after being made?
That paragraph came from the recipe and I’m testing it. My Demerara syrup is 2:1 which is shelf stable already and the alcohol should make it more so. I’ll let you know if that changes but so far so good.
Sounds great! I think I’ll just have to do some test batches before I start handing them out.
What rum did you use?
For test batch I just used some basic Bacardi because I didn’t want to waste better stuff if it didn’t turn out. Next time I’ll upgrade.