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Tiki Chris
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Joined: Mar 24, 2002
Posts: 1543
From: London
|  Posted: 2004-01-15 11:12 am Permalink
Kids, if I can do this, anybody can!
I got this recipe from PACIFIC ISLANDS COOKBOOK (1977) by Monica Bayley.
Ingredients:
2 Cups Sugar
1/2 Cup Instant Coffee
2 Tablespoons Cocoa
1 Cup Boiling Water
1 Cup Blended Whiskey
1/2 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
Directions:
Mix sugar, coffee, & cocoa together.
Add boiling water.
Mix well.
Cool.
Skim foam.
Add whiskey & vanilla extract.
Mix.
Rather than instant coffee, I used Kona coffee grounds.
Rather than blended whiskey, I used a single malt.
This stuff is YUMMY!!!
The book has some other interesting recipes. If I try anymore, I'll definitely post the results.
Enjoy.
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Formikahini
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Joined: Aug 22, 2002
Posts: 1491
From: Houston, Texotica
| Posted: 2004-01-15 11:53 am Permalink
I always thought it was made with vodka. Is this more often the way it's done?
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Humuhumu
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Joined: Aug 22, 2002
Posts: 3536
From: San Francisco
| Posted: 2004-01-15 12:08 pm Permalink
The first time I got drunk (at the ripe old age of 20), it was on homemade Kahlua made out of Everclear. Yikes.
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Tiki Chris
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Joined: Mar 24, 2002
Posts: 1543
From: London
| Posted: 2004-01-15 12:35 pm Permalink
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On 2004-01-15 11:53, Formikahini wrote:
I always thought it was made with vodka. Is this more often the way it's done?
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i dunno. but using scotch made it really rich.
i guess if you used something like vanilla stoli, you could make something really yummy.
i thought about trying it again but w/ rum.
everclear - wow!
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Tiki Bird
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Joined: Sep 25, 2003
Posts: 850
From: Cerritos, Ca.
| Posted: 2004-01-15 12:42 pm Permalink
Everclear!....yikes is right, bad things happen with that stuff.
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Johnny Dollar
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Joined: Oct 01, 2003
Posts: 2916
From: Baltimore, Maryland, PNG
| Posted: 2004-01-15 12:44 pm Permalink
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On 2004-01-15 12:35, Tiki Chris wrote:
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On 2004-01-15 11:53, Formikahini wrote:
I always thought it was made with vodka. Is this more often the way it's done?
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i dunno. but using scotch made it really rich.
i guess if you used something like vanilla stoli, you could make something really yummy.
i thought about trying it again but w/ rum.
everclear - wow!
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i have some "heather cream" made with scotch. tastes scotchy. yum. but not like kahlua.
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Sweet Daddy Tiki
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Joined: Jul 20, 2003
Posts: 1026
From: Edmonton
| Posted: 2004-01-15 1:40 pm Permalink
In an ongoing attempt to use up copious amounts of garden rhubarb, this fall i made rhubarb liqueur from a recipe using vodka and white wine and flavored with lemon zest and artichoke leaves. I was not impressed with the results -- wish I'd just drunk the vodka and wine while eating the artichoke.
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badmojo
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Joined: Apr 23, 2003
Posts: 666 | Posted: 2004-01-15 6:00 pm Permalink
We had a huge bottle of cheap Canadian Whiskey left over from our Wedding, so this past Christmas we made a huge batch Irish Cream and bottled it, and gave it out as gifts. Everyone swears it tastes exactly the same as Bailey's.
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Traitor Vic
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Joined: Jan 02, 2003
Posts: 428
From: Greenville, SC
| Posted: 2004-01-15 10:56 pm Permalink
Give a report, Tiki Chris, about the results of the Rum and Kona Coffee creation if you get around to it before I do. My wife has been making Kahlua with vodka lately (so we have a couple of bottles to get rid of before I make more) but I've been thinking a Kona Coffee and Rum based liqueur might be pretty darn good (Konahlua perhaps?).
[ This Message was edited by: Traitor Vic on 2004-01-15 22:56 ]
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