Coffee Liqueur Recipes

Classic by Dheeraj Chatlani

Difficulty Level: Hard

A tiki inspired twist on a classic espresso martini.

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1.5 oz Coconut infused  Vitae Spirits Coffee Liqueur *

2 oz Cold Brew Coffee

.5 oz Orgeat*

2 dashes Tiki bitters

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Coconut infused Coffee Liqueur:

100 ml Coffee Liqueur

1 tbsp Coconut oil

1 tbsp Shredded Coconut

Add Coconut oil and Shredded Coconut to a pot on high heat. Fry shredded coconut while stirring constantly until golden brown. Take off heat, and allow it to cool slightly. Add the mixture to coffee liqueur and let infuse for 1 hour at room temp. Freeze the mixture in a mason jar overnight. Strain the mixture through a metal sieve, followed by a coffee filter.

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Orgeat

1 lb blanched almonds

4 cups water

5 cups sugar

1/4 teaspoon rose water

1/4 teaspoon orange flower water

fine mesh strainer

cheese cloth

1. Add almond and water to a large pot and bring to a boil
2. Strain almonds and set aside in a large bowl, save the almond water
3. Grind boiled almonds in food processor or blender until a paste forms
4. Set your fine mesh strainer lined with cheese cloth over an empty pot
5. Squeeze the liquid from the paste mixture and discard remaining almonds
6. Measure yield of almond milk
7. In a pot, add almond milk and twice the amount of sugar
8. Stir until sugar is dissolved into solution and add rose and orange blossom water
9. Store in ball jar for up to 1 month

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1. Add all ingredients to a shaker tin with ice
2. shake well until frothy
3. strain into a coupe glass
4. garnish with mint leaf

By TJ Drake

Difficulty Level: Easy + (Aging takes time)

Our tasting rooms have been featuring a teaser for the Fall 2021. Barrel-rested Coffee Liqueur! Although it is not a product yet, this cocktail can still be made at home with a little extra effort and time. The Brewhattan is a riff on a Black Manhattan with a coffee twist!

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1.5 – 2 oz Barrel-Rested Vitae Spirits Coffee Liqueur*

1/2 – 1 oz. Carpano Antica Vermouth or Iris Rojo Vermouth

5 Dashes Embitterment Orange Bitters 

Garnish with rum-soaked cherry, or Luxardo cherry

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Barrel-Rested Coffee Liqueur

Although this is not a product yet, you can make your own at home while you wait for ours! A company called Oak and Eden has developed a bottle conditioning method using their patented “Spire” method.  A quick google search will point you in the right direction!

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1. Add all ingredients to shaker with ice
2.  Stir with barspoon until chilled
3. Strain into coupe glass
4. Garnish with cherry

by TJ Drake

Difficulty Level: Easy+

This cocktail sounds bizarre, but the flavors blend perfectly. Coffee shop baristas have been playing with cold brew coffee and lemonade this year and we decided to take our own spin-off.

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1.25 oz Vitae Spirits Coffee Liqueur

0.25 oz Amaro CioCiaro

1.5 oz Vanilla Bean Lemonade*

Garnish with candied lemon peel (can buy or make)

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Vanilla Bean Lemonade

Combine 2 cups water, one cup sugar in a pot, and heat to a boil. Cut a vanilla bean, scrape out the innards and add it to the boil for 5 minutes. Take off the heat and let the vanilla simple syrup cool to room temp. Add 1 cup fresh squeezed lemon juice to the mix and stir.

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1. Combine ingredients in a shaker with ice
2. Shake
3. Garnish with candied lemon peel

by TJ Drake

Difficulty Level: Easy

Coffee, Chocolate, and Blackberries? Did someone say desert cocktail? Not to sweet and just the right amount of blackberry, this desert style cocktail is well balanced and sure to win over the crowd at your next dinner party.

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1.5 oz Vitae Spirits Coffee Liqueur

1 oz. Half and Half

4 Dashes Embitterment Chocolate bitters

1 tbls Blackberry preserves

Hershey’s Chocolate syrup

Fresh strawberry

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1. Combine ingredients into shaker
2. Shake well (the more you shake the thinner the consistency)
3. Rim a coupe or martini glass with chocolate syrup
4. Garnish with fresh cut strawberry

by TJ Drake

Difficulty Level: Easy

Coffee on top of coffee on top of coffee! For those of you that love your daily cup, or 6, this cocktail is sure to satisfy your craving. Coffee ice cubes with cold brew coffee from Mudhouse Coffee Roasters blended with our own Vitae Coffee Liqueur. It doesn’t get any better than this!

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1  oz Vitae Spirits Coffee Liqueur

1/2 oz Frangelico Hazelnut Liqueur

1 oz Cold brew coffee ( suggested Mudhouse Blend)

1/2 oz Half-n-half

0.5 oz Vanilla simple

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Vanilla Syrup

Bring 1/2 cup sugar, 1 cup water to a boil and then simmer in a covered pot . Turn off heat and add 1/4 of a vanilla bean. Let cool and store in refrigerator with the vanilla bean in the syrup for up to one month.

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1. Add ingredients to a shaker with ice
2. shake vigorously
3. strain into a cocktail glass with cold brew ice cubes ( suggested 2).

by Eric Scheele

Difficulty Level: Easy

If “The Dude” drank martinis’ it be this martini! Mr. Lebowski would be proud to hold up this awesome riff on his classic “Caucasian” cocktail. Drink up MAN

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1/2  oz Vitae Spirits Coffee Liqueur

1/2 oz Vitae Spirits Golden Rum

1/2 oz Mary Hite Bowman Caramel Bourbon Cream

1 oz Half-n-half

1/2 oz egg whites

Garnish with cocoa powder

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Add ingredients to a shaker with ice, shake vigorously, and then strain into a cocktail glass.

Garnish with cocoa powder.

by Kerrie Pierce

Difficulty Level: Medium +

Based of the classic Latin drink Horchata, this creamy, frothy, cinnamon cocktail is sure to delight everyone at the party. A perfect blend of spice, spirit and rice milk.

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1 1/2 oz Vitae Spirits Coffee Liqueur

1/2 oz Dark Caramel syrup

few dashes of Orange Bitters

strip of orange peel

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Dark Caramel Syrup

1 cup sugar

1/4 cup of water

2 cups of water

Combine sugar and 1/4 of water in a pan over medium high heat. Have 2 cups of water ready off to the side. Stir until the sugar dissolves and starts to boil. Let the sugar boil until it starts to change color, watch carefully and when the sugar turns into a medium to darkish color, turn off the heat and CAREFULLY start to add the water in small amounts. The melted sugar will sputter and heave up like lava and is over 300 degrees. Stir carefully and add the rest of the water. If you have any un-melted bits, turn the heat back on and let melt. Let cool and then bottle and refrigerate.

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1. Add ingredients to glass with 1 large ice cube.

      2. Stir for a few seconds.

      3. Garnish with Orange Peal.

by Kerrie Pierce

Difficulty Level: Medium +

Based of the classic Latin drink Horchata, this creamy, frothy, cinnamon cocktail is sure to delight everyone at the party. A perfect blend of spice, spirit and rice milk.

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1  oz Vitae Spirits Coffee Liqueur

1/2 oz Platinum Rum

1/2 oz Cinnamon Simple syrup

2 oz  Rice Milk

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Cinnamon Syrup

2 cups water 1 cup sugar 2 sticks cinnamon 1  stick ceylon cinnamon bark

Combine water and sugar in a pan over medium high heat, stirring occasionally until the sugar is dissolved. Add the cinnamon and let come to a near boil. Turn off the heat and cover. Let steep until cool. Strain cinnamon out, bottle and store in the refrigerator.

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1. Add ingredients to a shaker with ice
2. shake vigorously
3. strain into a cocktail glass.
4. garnish with powdered cinnamon.