Iced Mexican Coffee

Name: Iced Mexican Coffee
Yield: Makes 1 drink.
Cuisine: Mexico
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon heavy cream, condensed milk, or whipped cream; Ice cubes; 2 ounces liquor such as coffee liqueur, brandy, dark rum or almond-flavored liqueur; 4 ounces café de olla, chilled; Small pinch of ground cinnamon; 1 tablespoon chocolate syrup in a squeeze bottle

Preparation info

Makes
1
drink.

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Amor y Tacos

By Deborah Schneider

Published 2010

About

Café de olla is a sweet, heavily spiced brew, usually taken hot in the morning with sweet rolls and in the afternoon with crunchy cookies or a pastry. This refreshing dessert drink, served over ice, features café de olla’s welcome kick of caffeine.

Ingredients

1 tablespoon chocolate syrup in a squeeze bottle
Ice cubes
4 ounces café d

Americas
Mexico
Dessert
Vegetarian
Drinks
Gluten-free

Method

Chill a 12-ounce glass. Drizzle the inside of the glass with the chocolate syrup, then fill the glass with ice and pour in the liquor. Top up with chilled café de olla. Drizzle the cream on top (or spoon on the whipped cream) and dust with cinnamon.