Coffee liqueur; our homemade Kahlua
Making Kahlua at home can seem a bit time consuming, but the end result will yield you two large bottles of some strong and tasty liqueur.
What we used:
How we did it:
What we used:
- One pound of coffee
- 1.75 liter bottle of rum
- Simple sugar
- Caramelized sugar syrup
- One large container
- Metal coffee filter
- Several unbleached coffee filters
How we did it:
- The beginning process is easy; simply soak coffee in the rum of your choice for a duration of one to two months. We used Kona coffee from Hawaii for more of a richer flavor, a bottle of Bacardi, and a plastic mini-keg used for beer brewing.
- Once the rum has absorbed into the coffee, strain out all the grinds using both a metal coffee filter as well as multiple paper ones.
- Making all the sugar syrups needed takes several hours of boiling, caramelizing and sifting sugars over the stove. You'll have to research and perfect your own recipes for this part, we can't give you all our secrets. *wink*
- After mixing everything together in a large bowl, taste test of course, then funnel into two large bottle. Our recipe made two 1.75 liters.
- A 1.75 liter bottle of Kahlua can range from $30 - $40 a bottle depending on where you get it. We averaged our total process to about $40 between the coffee, rum and sugar, virtually doubling the quantity of product.
- White Russians and The Big Lebowski. Make with 2 oz Vodka, 1 oz Kahlua, and 1 - 2 oz milk (depending on taste).
- Kahlua and coffee; add a shot or two on those cold winter work days.
- Espresso martinis!
- For more recipes, check out the official Kahlua website.
