Making your own coffee liqueur is fun, easy and rewarding. It is also a great project to do about a month before the Christmas holidays and give as gifts to family and friends.
We like to collect pretty bottles through the year. You can find many in yard or garage sales. After a while, you will start noticing pretty bottles everywhere!
Kona Coffee Liqueur
2 cups finely ground Kona coffee beans (strong, full-bodied blend such as French Roast or espresso)
3 cups boiling water
1-1/2 cups granulated sugar
1/2 cup light brown sugar, packed
1 teaspoon glycerin (*)
4 vanilla beans, split
3 cups vodka
Combine ground coffee and water in a bowl and mix thoroughly. Strain immediately through cheesecloth into a saucepan. Add the sugar, both granulated and brown, and heat for 5 minutes on low heat, stirring constantly, just until mixture begins to steam, do not let it come to a boil. Remove saucepan from heat and let cool.
Stir in the glycerine and vodka and pour into clean glass jars. Add vanilla beans making sure to include the seeds, seal and store in a cool dark place for at least 30 days before using.
Decant into individual gift bottles, tie a pretty ribbon on the neck and tie a card with the recipe if you wish.
(*) Vegetable based glycerin (95.5% USP Kosher) can be used in food applications. You can find it in most pharmacies.
YIELD: 1-1/2 pints
SOURCE: "Coffee... the Frisky Berry!," Come Join the Feast column by Sonia Martinez for the Hawaii Tribune-Herald of Hilo, Hawaii, February 2003
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Comments: 27
My brother and sister in law made some several years ago as gifts for the rest of us and I sort of played with his recipe a bit to co,e up with this one
I was just telling Ralph (over at the image site of this photo) that I used some of it when making a Tiramisu last year! Delish!!!!
Vodka? One for me, one for the pot One for me, one for the pot. I think I'll make a double batch, therefore needing four cups instead of two. LOL And of course I'll make it for myself. YUMMY!!!
Just what I need here to take the Winter chill away.....thanks!
Thanks William....I had Anthony stand behind it holding up the shawl that I used for a backdrop ;-)
Leah, you're so funny.....please share.........
Connie, thanks for the compliment.......I don't know. I just see what I want to show in my mind's eye and then try to make it happen.....
Wendy, in my book, homemade gifts are the best. No need to be apologetic either....after all, if you go through the trouble of making something yourself and give it away that means you care for that person quite a bit.
Thank you, Lori. Let me know if you try it
Marsha, so far everyone who has received some from me lseems to like it!
Serina.....Much as I love it, the irony is that we can't drink it either, due to prescriptions, etc......so I make it just to give away!