Spiced sumatran coffee (café brûlot)

Preparation info
  • Makes

    8

    small espresso cups
    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      25 min

Appears in
Asian Tapas: Small Bites, Big Flavors

By Christophe Megel and Anton Kilayko

Published 2010

  • About

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 1 orange
  • 3 cloves

Method

  1. Heat the sugar in a saucepan over low heat, then squeeze the juice of the orange over it and continue to heat until caramelized, about 5 minutes. Add the cloves, cinnamon and cardamoms and mix well, then add the rum and flambé the mixture. Pour in the coffee and simmer over low heat for about 5 minutes until the caramel is completely blended with the coffee.
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