5 Delicious Coffee Based Cocktails And Their DIY Recipes

The good thing about making cocktails is that it allows you to add your favourite alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages to give you the best of both worlds. If you are a coffee lover, and you haven’t made a coffee based cocktail yet, this piece is your kick-starter.

Hot Buttered Toffee Coffee

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On a chilly day, this warm, buttery cocktail is just what you need. A large scoop of butterscotch ice cream in a mug topped with hot coffee, whipped cream, almond liquer and a toffee bar is all that it takes to make this simple cocktail an absolute winner.

What you need:

Butterscotch Ice cream
12 tablespoons coffee
2 teaspoons almond liquer
Whipped cream
Toffee bar

 

Salted Caramel Coffee Martini

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Ever thought of twisting a Martini with coffee? It’s as easy as it gets. Rim a martini glass with caramel sauce and salt. Mix kahlua (coffee liquer), vodka and coffee into an ice shaker and voila, your Salted Caramel Coffee Martini is ready.

What you need:

1 tablespoon Kahlua
2 tablespoons Vodka
4 tablespoons Coffee
Caramel Sauce
Salt

 

Rum Iced Coffee

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If you’re a fan of filter coffee, this is just the change your decoction was longing for. Prepare your filter coffee and stir hard with sugar until it melts cool. Add the coffee together with rum, cardamom and ice in a cocktail shaker. Rum Iced Coffee ready to go!

What you need:

16 tablespoons filter coffee
2 tablespoons sugar
8 tablespoons dark rum
2 crushed cardamom sticks
Ice cubes

 

Café Oh Hey

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This one is perfect for a really hungover morning. It’s low on alcohol content and can give you just the jolt you need to truly kick-start your day. All you need to do is pour tequila and kahlua into a coffee mug. Fill it with coffee and top it with whipped cream. ‘Good mornings’ have never been this good.

What you need:

12 tablespoons coffee
2 tablespoons tequila
2 tablespoons Kahlua
2 tablespoons whipped cream

 

Mocha Margarita

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This cocktail might make you feel that you’re consuming more chocolate ice cream and hardly any alcohol, but the Mocha Margarita is too good to not give a chocolaty twist to your Margarita. Also, it’s super easy to make.

What you need:

1 cup chocolate ice cream
½ cup espresso coffee
½ cup Tequila

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