Ever since the War of 1812 stopped the importation of tea into America, American’s have been in love with coffee. Black, blonde, sweetened only, the various ways of drinking coffee are astonishing.

Some recipes are quite simple, just add a flavoring and voila. Other recipes are more detailed and require following a series of steps. There are even recipes that use the bean to transform other beverages into new and exciting flavored beverages.

Coffee Drinks

These drinks are extremely popular, even among people who don’t typically drink coffee. This recipe combines sweet apricots with chilled coffee to make a wonderful creamy drink. Serve it in tall glasses on a warm summer afternoon and delight the guests.

Apricot Iced Coffee

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup chilled coffee
• 1/2 cup cup chilled apricot juice
• 1/2 pt softened vanilla ice cream.
• 1/2 cup of fresh apricots.

Instructions:

1. Mix the coffee, milk and apricot nectar together in a bowl.
2. Add the softened ice cream and beat until smooth.
3. Blend fresh apricots in a blender until smooth. Pour the apricot mixture into a glass and top with the mixture.

For entertaining purposes, surprise guests with a punch. Offer liqueurs an optional add-in for those who would like to have them. Bailey’s Irish Crème goes quite well with this recipe.

Coffee Punch

Ingredients

• 2 quarts of vanilla ice cream, softened.
• 2 quarts of strong brewed coffee, cooled.
• 2 cups of milk
• 2 cups of whipping cream, whipped.
• 1/2 cup of sugar.
• 1 tablespoon of vanilla extract
• Ground nutmeg.

Instructions:

1. Combine the coffee, milk, sugar, and vanilla; stir thoroughly. Chill.
2. Place the vanilla ice cream in a large punch bowl.
3. Pour the coffee mixture over top of the ice cream, stirring gently.
4. Top with whipped cream, sprinkle with nutmeg, and then serve.

On a cold winter morning, gather the family together for cake and a steaming cup of Mocha Coffee. Transfer the finished product to a thermal carafe and serve at the table or leave in a warming pot on the stove.

Mocha Coffee

Ingredients

• 14 oz (one can) of evaporated milk
• 2 cups of strong coffee
• 1 cup of hot water
• 1/2 cup of pure cocoa powder
• 1/2 cup of sugar.

Instructions

1. In a suitably sized saucepan, mix together the cocoa powder and sugar.
2. Add the hot water and whisk lightly until smooth.
3. Heat gently for 2 minutes until the mixture turns thick, stirring constantly.
4. Add the evaporated milk and the coffee.
5. Heat to just boiling, beat, then serve as desired

Coffee Recipes for Anytime

Coffee doesn’t have to be a breakfast drink and it doesn’t have to be plain and boring. Jazz up the flavors with recipes that take very little time and effort and are a delight to the taste buds.

Katya Coen provides information on coffee recipes for Coffee Info Sites – your guide to quality coffee sites!

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A lot of people know how to make a basic cup of Turkish coffee, but these are some not so common Turkish and Greek coffee recipes:

Greek Coffee Recipe with “Ouzo”

This is a traditional coffee recipe of the Greek monks in the sacred “Agio Oros”. You will need:

2 teaspoonfuls of Greek coffee

2 teaspoons of sugar

1 teaspoon of “ouzo” (traditional Greek alcohol drink)

2*3oz cups water

After you prepare your coffee add the Ouzo inside, and serve.

With “Koniak”

This is a traditional coffee recipe of Greek seamen. It’s the same as the previous recipe with the only difference that you use Koniak instead of Ouzo.

With “Honey”

This is an old Greek coffee recipe from Smirni. Prepare your Greek-Turkish coffee, and then add one teaspoon of honey. It’s delicious!

With “Cardamom”

This is sort of Arabic version for Turkish coffee recipe. Use a dark coffee blend ground for Turkish. Get some cardamon, and grind it or use a mortar. 2 seeds per cup is enough.

Cardamon is used to spice up and give aroma to the coffee. You will need:

2 teaspoonfuls of coffee

1-2 teaspoons of sugar

as much cardamon as you want

2*3oz cups water

Prepare coffee as usual. You will get a delicious exotic coffee, which is very different from anything you’ve tasted before!

With “Mastich”

Same as the above recipe but instead of cardamom you must use mastich (only produced in Chios island, Greece)

Turkish Coffee Recipe with “Fennel Seeds”

Same as the above recipe but instead of cardamom you must use fennel seeds.

So, go ahead and enjoy great coffee!

Karolos Tsiligirian is the author of the Fresh Coffee Encyclopedia and the owner of FreshCoffeeShop.com

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