The Tipple Index · No. 101

Coffee-Vodka

Name: Coffee-Vodka
Yield: 1 drink
Ingredients: 2 cups Water; 2 cups white Sugar; 1/2 cup instant Coffee / espresso; 1/2 Vanilla; 1 1/2 cup Vodka; Caramel coloring

Wide awake and slightly wicked.

Coffee-Vodka cocktail in a Collins Glass

Served in: Collins Glass

Ingredients

Water (pantry)2 cups
Sugar (pantry)2 cups white
Coffee / espresso1/2 cup instant
Vanilla (pantry)1/2
Vodka1 1/2 cup
Caramel coloring

Method

Boil water and sugar until dissolved.
Turn off heat.
Slowly add dry instant coffee and continue stirring.
Add a chopped vanilla bean to the vodka, then combine the cooled sugar syrup and coffee solution with the vodka.
Cover tightly and shake vigorously each day for 3 weeks.
Strain and filter.
Its also best to let the sugar mixture cool completely so the vodka won't evaporate when its added.