During the Christmas gift exhange we had at work, Paul mentioned about the “homemade Kahlua” that they have tried and turned out to be real good. He mentioned that over the years they have tried many recipes that are found online but none of them were as good as this. To top it off, this one didn’t require months of waiting, just like many of them do.

Didn’t even hesitate a minute to ask for its recipe. After recieving the directions the next morning, I could not resist the tempatation to make this very easy drink. After all I was going to use the instant coffee we have at home that nobody cares for! Gone to Trader Joe’s to get a good Russian Vodka. It took me about 20 mins to make the whole thing; including the wait time for the coffee to cool down. Result? If you have a hard time drinking vodka — which I would not blame you for it, and love the smell of coffee you should give this recipe a try. Nice after meal drink, or one that would accompany a rich dessert. I am sure you will find reasons to use it up!

Ingredients:

1. 4 cups of fine sugar
2. 2 cups of boiling water
3. 1 cup good instant coffee
4. 1 bottle (750ml) vodka
5. 3 Tbs vanilla extract

Recipe:

1. Mix sugar and coffee together and then stir in 2 cups of boiling water. Stir until it all dissolves and then let cool
2. Pour through cheese cloth into a large pitcher and add 750 ml of vodka (about 3 cups) and 3 T. good vanilla (Mexican)
3. Stir and then pour through cheesecloth again into bottles. (An extra bottle is needed as the resulting drink is more than enough for the vodka bottle)

Remember: age will improve the flavor so take it down slowly!

Check out kahlua’s website for some great recipe ideas and enjoy!

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