Recipe - Kahlua Homemade

2 cup Water
2 cup Sugar
One half cup Instant coffee; fresh jar
One half Vanilla bean; chopped
1 One half cup Vodka

OPTIONAL FLAVORINGS
1 pn Cinnamon; ground
1 pn Cloves; ground
1 pn Cardamom; ground
1 pn Orange peel; grated
1 pn Mint; dried flakes

Boil water & sugar together until dissolved & clear. Turn off heat. Slowly
add instant coffee & continue stirring. When well mixed let cool to room
temperature. While the coffee mixture cools, add vanilla bean to the vodka.
When the coffee mixture is cooled add to the vodka mixture. Cover tightly &
shake vigorously each day for 3 weeks. Strain & filter.

Yield: About 4 cups

Dona & Mel have this to say about Kahlua:

The Mexican "Kahlua" & Jamaican "Tia Maria" are probably the best known
coffee flavored liqueurs. Other companies produce similar drinks called
Moka, Mocha, Creme de Mocha, & so forth. Coffee is among the easiest
flavors to simulate. We recieved many recipes from our friends that varied
only slightly from one another. It seemed that everyone had made a version
of "Kahlua" at one time & treasured his own recipe.

VARIATION: Substitute rum for the vodka to yeild a simulated "Tia Maria".
Substitute brandy for the vodka for another simulated "Kahlua".

Formatted by cea260@airmail.net Christopher E. Eaves

Chris' Notes: I like to use the vodka version with a pinch of cardamom.
Experimenting with this recipe I have found that instead of throwing out a
partial pot of coffee, save it in a tightly covered container in the fridge
until you get 2 cups worth. Then use it in place of the water & delete the
instant coffee. (Very FRUGAL considering the price of good coffee these
days!)

Recipe by: Homemade Liqueurs by Dona & Mel Meilach

Posted to recipeludigest by "Christopher E. Eaves" cea260@airmail.net on
Feb 27, 1998