TDN: Kahlúa -Vote for the best drink!

The Thursday Drink Night theme last week was Kahlúa – everyone’s favorite coffee liqueur from Mexico. Never gone beyond pouring it in your coffee, or White/Black Russians? Well, here are some different and creative uses for that old bottle of Kahlúa.  Citrus and coffee, 2 drinks with Fernet Branca – there are definitely some interesting looking recipes to try here.

Check out the recipes then vote! (Poll below recipes)

Sweet Wake Up: 1 oz chicory coffee, 1 oz warm milk, 3/4 oz Kahlúa, 3/4 oz dark rum,  dark cocoa dust. Brew a cup of café au lait, add dark rum and Kahlùa and stir. Dust a little dark cocoa on top.

Veracruz Sling: 1 1/2 oz Kahlúa, 3/4 oz lime juice, 1/2 oz orange juice, 1/4 oz Angostura bitters. Shake with ice and strain into a rocks glass.  Top with 1 oz club soda.  Garnish with a floated coffee bean.

Veracruzan Swashbuckler: 1 1/2 oz aged rum (Zaya), 1 oz Kahlúa, 1/2 oz orange juice, 1/4 oz Fernet Branca, 1 dash absinthe.

4 Stars: Muddle lemon peel, add 1 1/4 oz Laird’s bonded apple brandy, 3/4 oz Kahlúa, 1/2 oz Fernet Branca, 2 tsp Bénédictine. Shake & strain.

Solitary Confinement: 1 1/2 oz rye whiskey, 1/2 oz Lemon Hart overproof rum, 3/4 oz Kahlúa, 1/2 oz green Chartreuse, 1 barspoon cane (or simple) syrup. Stir, orange twist.

Dolemit: 4 oz whole milk, 1 1/2 oz brandy, 1 oz Kahlúa, 1/2 oz Trader Tiki’s vanilla syrup, 1/2 oz Bénédictine, 2 dashes mole bitters, shake/strain into a pint glass half-filled w/ice. Top with grated nutmeg and 3 cardamom pods speared on a cocktail pin.

Sunday Sapote: 1oz Kahlúa, 1 1/2 oz Cruzan rum, 1 oz Black Sapote (chocolate fruit) espresso puree, 1/2 oz Clément Creole Shrubb, Chantilly cream head, Orange twist garnish, flamed Cruzan Spiced Rum mist.

Breakfast Bracer Flip: 1 1/2 oz Makers Mark, 1 oz Kahlúa, 1 whole egg, shake with ice, strain, garnish with grated coffee bean.

Satin Sting: 1 1/2 oz Kahlúa, 3/4 oz El Dorado 12 year old rum, 3/4 oz Zirbenz. Dash Angostura bitters, 6 drops absinthe. Pinch ground cloves garnish.

Levez-vous: 1 1/2 oz Sazerac Rye, 1/2 oz VSOP Cognac, 1/2 oz Kahlúa, 1/2 oz cold brewed coffee, 1/2 oz Torani Amer, 2 dashes Herbsaint Original, 1 dash Regans’ Orange Bitters No. 6. Stir/strain into large cocktail coupe, garnish with an orange peel.

Cafe Coco: 2 oz Kahlúa, 1 oz Dark Rum, 1 oz Light rum, 1 oz Cherry Heering, 2 oz Coco Lopez, 2 oz lime juice. Combine with crushed ice in a blender and blend for 20 seconds. Pour into tiki mug and garnish with a flag.

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