Best Alcoholic Coffee Cocktails: Simple & Easy Recipes to Try: If you combine your favorite items, life is always easier – like adding bacon to a cheeseburger, but instead of combining your favorite foods, why not mix your favorite drinks? It’s time for a coffee blend and a beer.
When drinking your morning coffee, do you ever say to yourself, “I can’t wait until tonight so I can have a cocktail?” Or do you ever get excited about waking up and drinking coffee at night? So why wait? Here are the best coffee cocktail recipes to simultaneously satisfy your two greatest desires: alcohol and caffeine.
Best Alcoholic Coffee Cocktails Recipe To Try At Home:
Iced Irish Coffee Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 oz Tullamore D.E.W. Original
- 1 tsp ground espresso
- 2 tsp demerara sugar
- 2 tsp hot water
- 3 oz cold brew coffee
- Fresh cream
In a small cup, mix the whiskey and espresso and let stand for 15 minutes. Strain into a cocktail shaker via a coffee filter. Stir sugar and hot water until dissolved then apply cold brew and ice to the shaker. Shake the pressure and serve up in a bottle of Collins. Top on cream.
Hot Boozy Coffee Recipe
Ingredients
- 0.5 shot Brandy
- 0.5 shot Grand Marnier
- 0.5 shot Kahlua
- 4-5 oz hot coffee
- 1 orange peel
- 0.5 cup whipped cream
- 0.5 tsp sugar
Recipe for Hot Boozy Coffee
You can either put the whipped cream in a bowl and whip it with a whisk (electric or otherwise) or put it in the blender. Whip until the peaks are soft and then apply sugar to taste. Take the orange peel and “burn” gently with a lighter. This will make the oils come out and flavor the later coffee. Pour into a mug the brandy, the grand Marnier, the Kahlua, and the freshly brewed coffee. Stir with the peel of an orange. Spoon some whipped cream on top and immediately enjoy it!
El Cafecito Recipe
Ingredients
- 5 oz Papa’s Pilar Dark Rum
- .5 oz Miami Club Cuban Coffee Liqueur
- .5 oz Liquor 431 dash simple syrup
- 2 dashes Bitter Truth chocolate bitters
Recipe for El Cafecito
Place all the ingredients in a shaker and shake vigorously, then pour into a rock glass with a big ice cube. With practice, you’ll be able to master the art of making El Cafecito.
Winter Wonderland Recipe
Ingredients
- 5 oz Anchor Distilling Christmas Spirit
- .5 oz espresso
- .25 oz Tempus Fugit Spirits Crème de Cacao
- .25 oz Tempus Fugit Spirits Crème de Menthe
- .5 oz heavy cream
- 2 dashes of Angostura bitters
Recipe for Winter Wonderland
Shake well, and strain into a rock’s glass over new ice. Garnish it with a mini candy cane.
Anatolia Café Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 oz Pierre Ferrand 1840 cognac
- 1 oz Luxardo Cherry Liqueur
- .25 oz Cinnamon Syrup
- Coffee
Recipe for Anatolia Café
Al the ingredients should be mixed. Top the mixture with coffee, whipped cream, and powdered cinnamon.
Colorado Bulldog Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 oz Kahlua
- 1 oz Absolut Vodka
- 1 oz cream
- Top with Cola
Recipe for Colorado
The alcohol and cream should be shaken with ice. Strain into a short glass with plenty of ice but do not fill it to the brim. Leave a place to top it off with cola.
Jazzed Up Recipe
Ingredients
- 5 oz Frapin 1270
- .5 oz Grand Marnier
- .5 oz Amaro
- 1 oz Cold Brew
- .5 oz Demerara Syrup
Recipe for Jazzed Up
All the ingredients should be combined and shaken vigorously. Garnish with 2-3 coffee beans and strain into a brandy snifter.
Southern Limerick Recipe
Ingredients
- .25 oz rich demerara syrup
- .75 oz Meletti
- .75 oz 1776 Rye
- 4 oz brewed coffee
Recipe for Southern Limerick
In a preheated seven oz. Bowl, pour in Demerara sugar, Meletti, rye, and coffee brew. Stir. Lightly whip cold cream and Demerara syrup into a squeeze bottle for a whipped topping. Float 1/4-inch cream with a bar spoon on top of the drink and finish with Angostura bitters that are atomized.
Cold Brew Cabana Recipe
Ingredients
- 5 parts Havana Club Añejo Clásico Rum
- 0.75-part cold brew
- 0.5-part Giffard Banana Liqueur
- 3 drops of ginger bitters
- 1 drop of vanilla extract
Recipe for Cold Brew Cabana
Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a glass of coupe. Garnish with a chip to the banana.
Affogato Martini Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 oz vanilla vodka
- .5 oz cream de cocoa
- 1 oz Kahlúa
- 1 scoop vanilla ice cream
Recipe for Affogato Martini
In a shaker add two ounces of espresso vodka, half an ounce of chocolate cream, and one ounce of Kahlúa. Fall into about 3 cubes of ice. Open the shaker and shake until it chills the air. Measure the mixture into a martini glass and apply the vanilla ice cream on top. Serve, and eat with a spoon.
Hot White Russian Recipe
Ingredients
- 5 cups freshly brewed coffee
- .5 cup heavy cream
- .5 cup Kahlua or another coffee-flavored liqueur, or to taste
- .25 cup vodka, or to taste
- Whipped heavy cream
Recipe for Hot White Russian
Stir the coffee, the 1/2 cup sugar, the Kahlua, and the vodka together in a saucepan and heat the mixture over moderate heat until it is moist. Divide the mixture into heated mugs, and garnish with some of the whipped creams each drink.
Gingerbread Breakfast Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 oz spiced and buttered Captain Morgan’s rum**
- 0.75 oz ginger syrup
- 1 oz half and half
- Top with black coffee
- Garnish with whipped cream and a ginger snap
- **Butter Rum:
- 1 bottle Captain Morgan’s rum
- 4 oz unsalted butter
- 2 tbsp maple syrup
- 2 tbsp granulated sugar
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 10 cloves
Recipe for Gingerbread Breakfast
Place all ingredients in a pot except for rum, and bring to a simmer until butter is melted. Slowly whisk in the rum. Pour into a casserole dish and prepare for 35 minutes in the freezer. Skim butter surface fat. Pour into a thin mesh strainer.
Siciliano Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 oz sweet vermouth, preferably Italian
- 5 oz amaro (preferably Averna)
- 5 oz strong cold-brew coffee
- 1 oz simple syrup
- Club soda
- Orange wheel (for serving)
Recipe for Siciliano
In a tumbler, blend together the vermouth, amaro, coffee, and plain syrup. Remove ice to fill with club soda and top it off. Garnish with a wheel in gold.
Holiday Coffee Recipe
Ingredients
- 5 oz Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel whiskey
- .5 oz peppermint Syrup*
- Hot coffee
- Lightly chipped cream
- **Peppermint Syrup: Crush the candy cane and heat with one cup of water before the candy dissolves. Let the glass cool down and put it in.
Recipe for Holiday Coffee
For steam, glass applies jack and sugar. Fill with cream and add coffee. Sprinkle on top of melted candy cane.
Coffee Old Fashioned Recipe
Ingredients
- One double shot espresso (about 2 oz.), room temperature
- 1 oz bourbon or rye whiskey
- .25 oz simple syrup
- A dash of Peychaud’s bitters
- One 1-inch piece of lemon peel
Recipe for Coffee Old Fashioned
In a shaker, mix the espresso, whiskey, simple syrup, and bitters and cover with ice. Remove for 30 seconds with a bar spoon and strain into a bowl of ice-filled rocks. Twist lemon peel over the cocktail then rubs around the glass rim. Lemon Peel garnish is optional for you.
Café Amore Recipe
Ingredients
- Hot coffee
- 1 oz Cognac
- 1 oz Amaretto
- Shaved almonds
- Whipped cream
Recipe for Café Amore
Fill an ounce of cognac and an ounce of amaretto with a hot bottle, then fill the rest with soft, black coffee. Finish with whipped cream and shaved almonds, if you want to add another dimension.
Conclusion: Best Alcoholic Coffee Cocktails
Now you’re equipped to make any occasion a coffee cocktail. You can still enjoy the cocktail-inspired coffee drinks without the alcohol, even though you shouldn’t be “drinking.” In this article, we have shown you the 16 best alcoholic coffee cocktails and the easy recipes to make them. We live in a day and age where drinking coffee will mean another million things. How arousing that is! Of course, we all like our coffee foundation. But there is practically an infinite number of ways you can experience coffee. Never calm down in pursuing the path of making your favorite type of coffee.
