Cafe Royale

Cafe Royale

If you appreciate the art of flambe and a perfect coffee to end a perfect meal then a Cafe Royale is the coffee to serve. This flavored coffee will warm the guests with the bourbon and keep them entertain while everyone is being served.

Cafe Royale Ingredients

Coffee Serves: 1
1 cup of boiling water
2 teaspoons of instant espresso coffee
1 cube or lump of sugar
1 shot of bourbon
Matches

Cafe Royale Preparation

To make the Cafe Royale drink place 2 teaspoons of instant espresso coffee in one cup of boiling water and stir. Place the sugar cube on a teaspoon above the cup of coffee. Pour the shot of  bourbon over the sugar cube making sure the sugar cube has absorbed a fair amount of bourbon.

Strike the match and light the sugar cube. The sugar cube will stay lit until the alcohol has been burnt away.
Add the sugar cube to the coffee cup and stir before the Cafe Royale is ready to serve.

The Cafe Royale makes a perfect drink at any dinner as it has a little flamboyance thrown in.

Vanilla Coffee

Vanilla Coffee

A vanilla coffee dream that will deliver an exotic explosion that is pure and spicy to your taste buds.

Ingredients for Vanilla Coffee Recipe

Vanilla Coffee Serves: 3
3 cups of water
1/4 cup of instant coffee
2 Tablespoons of packed brown sugar
1/2  Tablespoon imitation vanilla or few drops of pure vanilla extract

Vanilla Flavored Coffee Preparation

To make vanilla coffee the old fashioned way we will be making it on the stove top. Start by measuring out three cups of water into the saucepan. Add 2 tablespoons of packed brown sugar to the water followed by  a 1/4 cup of instant coffee.

Place on the stove top and begin to heat the ingredients. A good tasting cup of vanilla coffee should reach an optimum brewing temperature around 200 F. An electronic thermometer is a handy little device to have in the kitchen. If you don’t have a thermometer just remove the saucepan from the heat before the coffee reaches boiling point.

Add a 1/2 tablespoon of vanilla to the coffee and stir it thoroughly so ingredients combine to make vanilla coffee. Pour the coffee into 3 cups, serve and enjoy your vanilla coffee made the old fashioned way.

* If you’re using pure vanilla extract in your vanilla coffee it’s always a good idea to add one drop of vanilla at a time, stir and taste until you’ve reached the desired flavor.