🔞 DIY Coffee Liqueur - like Kahlua, but better

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8 жыл бұрын

When we started this process of figuring out how to make Kahlua coffee liqueur at home, we found most of the recipes were too sweet, and lacked complexity of flavour. They all had only one note - and it was weak coffee flavoured vodka. It just didn't work for us.
So we started our DIY Coffee Liqueur with fresh dark roasted coffee beans that we gently smashed in a mortar and pestle. We then added ½ a vanilla bean, and bathed this in 151º over proof rum. You really want to layer flavour over flavour, and the higher alcohol helps dissolve more of the oils in the coffee - it also keeps the final product from being to cloyingly sweet when you dilute it later with simple syrup. Rounding out the complex flavour profile is a cinnamon stick, some orange peel, and crushed cocoa nibs. The Dude would be proud!
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Ingredients:
2 cups (500 mL) 151º overproof rum (75.5% alc)
1 cup (250 mL) dark roast ground coffee (we just smash in a mortar and pestle)
1/2 vanilla bean
½ cinnamon stick
2- 3 cocoa nibs, optional
1 slice of orange peel, optional
simple syrup
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Method:
Slice the vanilla bean it open lengthwise and then scrape out the inside of the bean.
Place the bean, scrapings, course ground coffee and rum to a sealable Mason jar.
Give it a shake and set it aside someplace dark.
After 24 open the jar and toss in the cinnamon stick, cracked cocoa nibs, and orange peel.
Give it a shake and set aside for another day.
Strain the mixture through a coffee filter, and mix in the simple syrup… Now this is another place where your personal taste will come into play.
We like ours on the less sweet side so we start by mixing 1 part simple syrup to 3 parts coffee infusion; then we taste and start adjusting from there.
Ideally you want to end up with about 40% alc by volume.
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@GlenAndFriendsCooking 6 жыл бұрын

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@jamesavdelis6610 5 жыл бұрын

How can I get that particular rum or at least 100 proof vodka??

@umityavuz1830 3 жыл бұрын

Dear Glen I made a calculation and found that the whole liquid is 52.85 Alcohol by volume if it is wrong let me now how by the way thanks for this great recipe I did with gin and it was delicious( saw the bottom of the bottle 😁) want more liqueur ⁹ 🙏

@quixebee8624 3 жыл бұрын

Would this be possible to do from home made extracts? I ask because I have a fairly large supply of coffee, vanilla, and orange extracts made with premium vodka.

@daniell8331 7 жыл бұрын

Finally a recipe with rum and not instant coffee. This looks very professional.

@aksharla66 7 ай бұрын

My thoughts exactly!❤

@lilredmum 8 жыл бұрын

That looks delicious!! Thank you for sharing!

@ZigZagKangaroo 8 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! I'm going to try this.

@robertsantine2090 Жыл бұрын

I've done a couple iterations of this recipe, just wanted to share my experience. #1 was done with Bacardi Superior and french roast coffee. It was pretty good, and definitely got better with age, but I wasn't a huge fan of the harshness from the (admittedly crappy) rum and bitterness from the coffee. #2 was done with Plantation Grande Reserve 5Yr rum and medium roast coffee. There's a strong honey note I don't love when drinking it neat, but that disappears almost completely once you mix it with some cream and a really pleasant drink emerges. I'd feel comfortable reintroducing a dark roast with an aged rum, to my taste it seems that you need a more complex flavor backing the liqueur so the bitterness isn't overwhelming. Just my preference, thanks for the recipe! I like how easy it is to tweak for your own preferences, and it's nice having a coffee liqueur that doesn't just taste like stale coffee in sugar syrup.

@RumbleFish69 5 жыл бұрын

Oh, the possibilities! Thanks!!

@iao800 2 ай бұрын

Wow.. I tried your recipe and it's beyond kahlua.. I really appreciated ❤

@stevenferrier8942 4 жыл бұрын

Love these liqueur recipes 💚👍

@umityavuz1830 3 жыл бұрын

@kieranlines76 6 жыл бұрын

Nice, to the point video. Excellent

@GlenAndFriendsCooking 6 жыл бұрын

Thank You!

@celestialwonders 2 жыл бұрын

Classy presentation 🥂

@KaiBuskirk Жыл бұрын

super cool add to my small batch roasted coffee!

@grahamgrover1 7 жыл бұрын

Very cool!

@vikrantmarathe4270 7 жыл бұрын

awesome love it....!!

@andrews290 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Glen. I gave this recipe a go and it was a disaster! I dont think it's un recoverable but I had two key issues. My dark coffee was terribly bitter and my OP rum was harsh (bundaberg OP). On the upside my judicious use of orange peel was about perfect. I can choose a different coffee bean. But Bacardi 151 is no longer available. Any recommendations? Even though I give my first attempt a 3/10 I honestly taste the potential. Any recommendation for an OP rum. Being in Australia I might need a couple of options because sourcing international spirits can be a bit hit and miss. I've tweaked you bailey's recipe and it's a huge hit. I reckon I can get there with Kahlua with the right tweaks. Andrew

@Karasakkal 5 жыл бұрын

Good recipe, and i like urs bottle nice👍

@texasceechelle 2 жыл бұрын

Hi, I used to make Kahlúa years ago but I set it under the cupboard for about three months. I don’t recall you mentioning that in your video. Did you store it in a dark place also? Thanks.

@kevskevs523 4 жыл бұрын

Hi may I ask the shelf life for this thank you so much

@ryakinbarton8151 4 жыл бұрын

Cup of ground or coffee or whole coffee beans?

@skraegorn7317 Жыл бұрын

Since Bacardi 151 is now discontinued, do you have any recommendations for a good 151 proof to use? I've heard Don Q is sort of close to Bacardi but it's impossible to find, I've also heard that Demerara 151 proofs tend to be better overall rums, like Hamilton or Lemon-Hart.

@briancorley1159 6 жыл бұрын

Hi great video, what would be a good starting point measure for the simple syrup?

@GlenAndFriendsCooking 6 жыл бұрын

We start at 1 part simple syrup to 3 parts liqueur and then add more if needed.

@user-ko6nd4ri4d 5 жыл бұрын

Hi. Thanks a lot for the recipe. I've just made this, and not yet the first 24hour period is completed. I'm just wondering if I can put in all the ingredients at once. Is there a reason why you have two 24hour periods???

@spitalhelles3380 4 жыл бұрын

vanilla is less volatile than citrus notes, so it makes sense to add it first so everything gets extracted. If you add the orange peel too soon, bitter tannins might also be released

@cmwhalen1 6 жыл бұрын

Hi, Thank you for the video. Do you recommend storing the coffee liqueur in any particular manner (refrigerated or room temperature)?

@GlenAndFriendsCooking 6 жыл бұрын

Room temperature is fine.

@horselover8495 6 жыл бұрын

What happens if instead of rum i used pure alcohol (95%vol) And diluite it with water And sugar so that it has the same strength as the rum..(75% vol) . Do the times change? Should I just add plain alcohol at first with the ingredients, and then create more sirup afterwards to add to the liquor, once I have strained out all the ingredients?

@GlenAndFriendsCooking 6 жыл бұрын

You could use 95% alc and dilute it to 75% (just use water to dilute - no need for sugar); but you'd miss out on the flavour complexity that the dark rum aged in wood brings to the party.

@pigetstuck 3 жыл бұрын

does it have to be dark roast??

@artistcg 6 жыл бұрын

Any suggestions for making use of the rum drenched coffee beans after this process has been completed? I threw them out previously, but that seems like such a waste!

@GlenAndFriendsCooking 6 жыл бұрын

By the time the beans have been through this process, they are pretty much spent - most of the coffee flavour will be in the liqueur... But you know what we've never really thought about it too much, so maybe drying them out, then giving them a proper grind and brewing them up could be great experiment? Maybe some sort of crazy good tasting coffee rum hybrid? Food for thought.

@artistcg 6 жыл бұрын

Hey thanks for your reply! I'll give that a try - no harm in trying! :) They will dry out fast here in the desert valley of Phoenix!

@artistcg 6 жыл бұрын

The coffee is delicious! I did, however, use Goslings Black Seal Bermuda Black Rum 80 proof for my last batch. I added the same ingredients as listed after 24 hours, but I allowed it to sit over a week. I dried out the beans, ground them, and though this might be a decaf coffee now, those subtle flavors really come through! THANKS AGAIN!

@GlenAndFriendsCooking 6 жыл бұрын

Glad it worked out!

@aidancox3705 7 жыл бұрын

What's the alcohol content after adding the syrup? Seems a little strong?

@GlenAndFriendsCooking 6 жыл бұрын

You can vary the alcohol content to suit your needs - taste and add more simple syrup, or a bit of water to reduce. More of an art when you are doing it at home than a science... though we do have bunch of hydrometers and could find out exactly.

@Yirgamalabar 6 жыл бұрын

Bacardi 151 is discontinued. What would you recommend as an alternative?

@GlenAndFriendsCooking 6 жыл бұрын

The highest proof amber / dark rum you can get. There are a few overproof Rhums out there that have great flavour as well.

@binitshrestha8812 Жыл бұрын

how long would be shelf life of it?

@andreamarmolejo543 4 жыл бұрын

How long does it last without being damaged?

@Cuteglamshopper 3 жыл бұрын

It’s like making a tinture. If it’s over 80 proof and without the simple syrup it could last months unrefrigerated.

@theusedbert24 4 жыл бұрын

Since you can't buy 151 in the states anymore, what do you recommend as an alternative?

@mikec8213 4 жыл бұрын

goslings black seal 151.

@iasimov5960 3 жыл бұрын

If one blends 1-1/2 cup 80 proof dark rum with 1/2 cup Everclear one will have 2 cups of 151 proof rum (more or less. Close enough.)

@doctorwhofan290 4 жыл бұрын

70% alcohol amber or dark rum is really hard to come by in my country. What would be the risks of using a lower proof rum like Chairman's Reserve or Bacardi Oro?

@ted4ps581 4 жыл бұрын

Don't know your country, but in Mexico you can go to the pharmacy and get pharmaceutical alcohol, or "EverClear", or Meyer's Rum.

@alanti67920 3 жыл бұрын

Well you might just need a little more time to extract the flavors from the solid ingredients, and you'll end up with a slightly less strong liqueur in terms of alcohol content

@OrganicPerception 7 жыл бұрын

Interesting that some recipes call for steeping over 2-3 weeks, yet this recipe only calls for 48 hours. Can you address the difference?

@GlenAndFriendsCooking 7 жыл бұрын

After testing and testing and testing... By using the higher proof rum, we are able to extract all the flavour in the first 48 hours. Leaving it longer and we started to get bitter flavour - we also found that even using lower proof alcohol bitter flavours were introduced after 2-3 days. Leaving it 2-3 weeks - total waste of time and ingredients.

@RumbleFish69 5 жыл бұрын

Quick question, mate...Can I substitute simple syrup for corn syrup? Some other recipes allow for corn syrup, but I am not sure if it will work here and I don't want to deviate if it's going to take me way off course. Thanks again!

@GlenAndFriendsCooking 5 жыл бұрын

You could use corn syrup if you wanted - It may change the flavour. Is there a reason you don't want to use simple syrup? It's cheap and easy to make, just 1 cup of white sugar dissolved in 1 cup of boiling water: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hb9jebdqs82xeYE.html

@RumbleFish69 5 жыл бұрын

@@GlenAndFriendsCooking Thank you, mate! There is no particular reason for the corn syrup, I just happen to have plenty on hand so I figured I could just pour and go. But, as you said, it's easy to make so I will be making a bunch of so I can have some options. Thanks for the link as well!!

@RumbleFish69 5 жыл бұрын

@@GlenAndFriendsCooking...By the way, I just found out that apparently, vanilla beans are the new highly sought-after commodity! I went to buy vanilla beans and walked away with an agricultural history lesson. I also learned that Coca-Cola has been hoarding vanilla and driving the prices up in the process. Long story short, I paid $30 for two vanilla beans that were being kept behind a locked glass case! It probably didn't help that I purchased the vanilla at my local co-op, but that's where I normally purchase my groceries. Geez, I need to find myself a back alley vanilla guy! ..."Back alley vanilla guy" Man, that did not come out right!

@GlenAndFriendsCooking 5 жыл бұрын

Ouch! The prices got really bad here a year ago - but never that bad! They have since evened out and 2 beans in the grocery store here (Toronto) is just under $7.

@RumbleFish69 5 жыл бұрын

@@GlenAndFriendsCooking Well, that is certainly more reasonable pricing. I am sure that if I shop around and I am willing to buy in a place that is not a co-op, then I am sure I could do way better. However, buying from my place means that I have to factor in that I am also paying a co-op increase that guarantees organic, sustainable and responsibly farmed. I guess I don't mind when I consider all that. By the way, it's coming out great so far. Tomorrow I will filter into my Chemex.

@MarkBlease 4 жыл бұрын

you know a irish-cream homebrew recipe?

@livbirka403 Жыл бұрын

Can this be stored in a liquor cabinet? What it the best way to store it?

@GlenAndFriendsCooking Жыл бұрын

Yes - just store it with the other liqueurs

@dvs210988 8 жыл бұрын

how long it can be kept in shelf??

@GlenAndFriendsCooking 8 жыл бұрын

+dhiraj suryawanshi Longer than it will take you to drink it.

@HeatherNaturaly 3 жыл бұрын

Wow... you look s YOUNG!!!

@andreamarmolejo543 4 жыл бұрын

Does this have an expiration date??

@ranedae 4 жыл бұрын

It shouldn't. I mean, alcohol is already a preservative.

@chiasaeiweng8195 7 жыл бұрын

can i use vodka instead ?

@GlenAndFriendsCooking 7 жыл бұрын

Yes you could use vodka - you'll lose a little bit of flavour, but it will still be great. Just make sure that you use the highest proof you can get.

@elisaninis 5 жыл бұрын

Well, this sucks my country prohibits the commercialization of any alcohol above 40%. Awesome video and recipe nonetheless!!

@mikepellerin4611 5 жыл бұрын

You can use 40% rum, just let it soak two days and crush your beans a little instead of using whole.

@kyleecorbett2692 3 жыл бұрын

How long does this keep in shelf

@GlenAndFriendsCooking 3 жыл бұрын

As long as any other alcohol.

@m.r.s.3860 4 жыл бұрын

oops-not great w/iPad finally found recipe w/amounts-sorry!

@jddavisism 4 жыл бұрын

you should say use organic orange peel. there's so many pesticides on regular oranges

@chiasaeiweng8195 7 жыл бұрын

hi may i ask how much in grame is one cup of coffee?

@GlenAndFriendsCooking 7 жыл бұрын

I don't remember how many grams (in Canada we use mostly volume) - but 1 cup is 250 mL.

@gustavoemanuel5905 8 жыл бұрын

can i use white rum?

@GlenAndFriendsCooking 8 жыл бұрын

You could - here's the difference: White rum will typically have a lower alcohol content, which will reduce the amount of flavour you are able to extract. White rum will also have a 'harsher' flavour that will come across in the finished liqueur.

@gustavoemanuel5905 8 жыл бұрын

thanks for the response man, i ended up screwing all it up anyway "/

@GlenAndFriendsCooking 8 жыл бұрын

What happened?

@gustavoemanuel5905 8 жыл бұрын

i used cinnamon powder instead of those sticks and the thing ended up turning in to a cinnamon powder liqueur, it thing stinks, so much money wasted man

@BrewHouseLeGourmetTV 8 жыл бұрын

Yeah you need to use the sticks... Though some people would pay money for a cinnamon liqueur.

@jupjuck 6 жыл бұрын

What's the strength of the finished product?

@GlenAndFriendsCooking 6 жыл бұрын

As we say in the written recipe below the video - "We like ours on the less sweet side so we start by mixing 1 part simple syrup to 3 parts coffee infusion; then we taste and start adjusting form there. Ideally you want to end up with about 40% alc by volume."

@asmith8898 3 жыл бұрын

0:07 Look at the flick of the wrist! 🤔

@samuelsmith6281 4 жыл бұрын

Would a high proof tequila work (I'm thinking Patrón XO Cafe)?

@m.r.s.3860 4 жыл бұрын

thats exact.y why i bought silver agave tequila- i will add a very small (or piece of) a dry hot red pepper- - my pronlem w/ this is no amounts... eyeballing how much of everything & hoping to get close (except the nibs which i can count BUT mine are already shelled)) as for the tequila jusr do it!

@GlenAndFriendsCooking 4 жыл бұрын

@M.R.S. - There is no 'eyeballing' - I guess you missed the numerous mentions that the full recipe is both in the description box AND at the end of the video???