# Alcohol that mixes with coffee **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** coffee\ **Created:** [April 18, 2006, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-that-mixes-with-coffee/353157 "2006-04-18T13:43:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-that-mixes-with-coffee/353157/1 "2006-04-18T13:43:01Z")
As a man who likes both alcohol and coffee, it seems only natural to mix the two (but never before driving or operating heavy machinery, kids!) Anyway, I think most of us are aware that you can make a rather nifty Hot Toddy by adding a shot of rum, scotch/bourbon, or brandy to your coffee, but what other spirits or liquers work well with coffee? So far, I’ve discovered Kahlua and coffee is delicious (and could get me in a lot of trouble if I drink too much of it!), Tia Maria is very close, and, for that extra alchol/coffee crossover, it’s hard to go past coffee with Baileys instead of milk in it. So, help a fellow caffeine junkie/alcoholophile out and suggest alcoholic drinks that mix well with coffee, and let’s see if we can’t expand our recipe books a little… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-that-mixes-with-coffee/353157/2 "2006-04-18T13:55:32Z")
> [@Martini Enfield](#): > > As a man who likes both alcohol and coffee, it seems only natural to mix the two (but never before driving or operating heavy machinery, kids!) > > Anyway, I think most of us are aware that you can make a rather nifty Hot Toddy by adding a shot of rum, scotch/bourbon, or brandy to your coffee, but what other spirits or liquers work well with coffee? > > So far, I’ve discovered Kahlua and coffee is delicious (and could get me in a lot of trouble if I drink too much of it!), Tia Maria is very close, and, for that extra alchol/coffee crossover, it’s hard to go past coffee with Baileys instead of milk in it. > > So, help a fellow caffeine junkie/alcoholophile out and suggest alcoholic drinks that mix well with coffee, and let’s see if we can’t expand our recipe books a little… 😉 Bailey’s Irish Cream…Mmmm. ---
**Author:** ![melondeca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@melondeca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melondeca)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-that-mixes-with-coffee/353157/3 "2006-04-18T14:00:08Z")
Amaretto and Bailey’s make a good coffee drink and Chambord is good with coffee but absolutely divine when added with a good chocolate liqueur such as Godiva. ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-that-mixes-with-coffee/353157/4 "2006-04-18T14:01:26Z")
Godiva liqueur in coffee is nice. Especially in chocolate hazlenut iced coffee, which is a bit of heaven on a Saturday afternoon. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-that-mixes-with-coffee/353157/5 "2006-04-18T14:01:44Z")
The classic is Irish coffee – sugared coffee with Irish whiskey mixed in and topped with whipped cream. Sounds godawful to me (mainly because it has coffee in it), but you might like it. ---
**Author:** ![melondeca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@melondeca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melondeca)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-that-mixes-with-coffee/353157/6 "2006-04-18T14:03:57Z")
I forgot Frangelico…mmm alcoholic hazelnut coffee. ---
**Author:** ![CBCD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@CBCD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CBCD)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-that-mixes-with-coffee/353157/7 "2006-04-18T14:29:54Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > The classic is Irish coffee – sugared coffee with Irish whiskey mixed in and topped with whipped cream. Sounds godawful to me (mainly because it has coffee in it), but you might like it. Irish Coffee is the perfect drink. It contains every one of the four essential food groups: Caffeine Sugar Fat Alcohol ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-that-mixes-with-coffee/353157/8 "2006-04-18T14:30:39Z")
Mmmmm… Pabst coffee. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-that-mixes-with-coffee/353157/9 "2006-04-18T14:38:44Z")
Creme de cacao. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-that-mixes-with-coffee/353157/10 "2006-04-18T15:02:26Z")
Creme de menthe, if you like coffee and mint (I do). Add some creme de cocoa for a coffee/mint/chocolate drink ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-that-mixes-with-coffee/353157/11 "2006-04-18T15:04:38Z")
I would think that a bit of butterscotch schaaps might be tasty as well. ---
**Author:** ![FlyingDragonFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c89c15/32.png) [@FlyingDragonFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingDragonFan)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-that-mixes-with-coffee/353157/12 "2006-04-18T15:05:52Z")
Espresso with a shot of grappa is popular in Italy, but it’s definitely an acquired taste. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-that-mixes-with-coffee/353157/13 "2006-04-18T15:19:33Z")
Someone gave me a bottle of **Mozart** liqueur for Christmas. It turned out to be a really ritzy chocolate liqueur and apart from swigging it straight from the bottle I couldn’t think what to do with it. One hot day I was making iced coffees for me and my visitor and since I don’t keep sugar around I chucked in some **Mozart** and we soon discovered that that is how to make the perfect iced coffee. Coffee, milk, alcohol, ice, whipped cream. The bottle was quickly used up. ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-that-mixes-with-coffee/353157/14 "2006-04-18T15:46:59Z")
Espresso and Grappa (Caffe Corretto) is yummy… it translates as coffee that has been “corrected” by the addition of hard liquor, the Italians are on to something. Sambuca, Ouzo, Raki and Pernod also work very well in coffee…but you have to like aniseed/liquorice type things. Goldschläger is nice- it ruins the effect of the gold, but it tastes good, again, best if you like cinnamon. Der Lachs Goldwasser is good too- nice and orangey. Jägermeister sort of works…again, you have to like Jägermeister. Amaretto, Triple Sec and Kirsch are good as well. Sloe gin and coffee packs a punch, as does plum brandy and coffee. I have tried Czech Absinth in coffee- I absolutely wouldn’t recommend it. All of this experience is from buying bottles of the local fire-water while on various holidays- at some point during the holiday it gets mixed into coffee- either as a night cap or a hair-of-the-dog situation. ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-that-mixes-with-coffee/353157/15 "2006-04-18T20:44:51Z")
Oddly enough, the best Irish coffee I ever had was in Paris, France. They started with irish whiskey at the bottom of a clear glass cup, steamed it with the cappucino milk steamer gadget to make it hot, layered espresso on top of it, then topped it with whipped cream. It tasted great, and was a joy to behold, with the white, black, and amber layers clearly delineated. You could carefully drink and get all three flavors at once, but they still retained their individual characteristics. ---
**Author:** ![badbadrubberpiggy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@badbadrubberpiggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badbadrubberpiggy)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-that-mixes-with-coffee/353157/16 "2006-04-18T20:54:12Z")
> [@Bill Door](#): > > Oddly enough, the best Irish coffee I ever had was in Paris, France. They started with irish whiskey at the bottom of a clear glass cup, steamed it with the cappucino milk steamer gadget to make it hot, layered espresso on top of it, then topped it with whipped cream. It tasted great, and was a joy to behold, with the white, black, and amber layers clearly delineated. You could carefully drink and get all three flavors at once, but they still retained their individual characteristics. I just got an espresso maker w/ a milk steamer. I must try this as soon as possible! I enjoy ouzo in espresso, but like **irishgirl** said, it’s only good if you like black liquorice. ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-that-mixes-with-coffee/353157/17 "2006-04-19T00:16:38Z")
_Writes all this down_ I’ve also discovered that, for a slightly Caribbean flavour, you can mix Bacardi with Coffee, and if you like Liquorice, Ouzo and Coffee is also a possibility… ---
**Author:** ![Nic2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4491bb/32.png) [@Nic2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nic2004)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-that-mixes-with-coffee/353157/18 "2006-04-19T01:58:26Z")
We make up a batch of homemade Baileys here on a near-weekly basis (just made on an hour ago). It is truly great in coffee. I’ll send you the recipe via email if you like…and have an available address. Let me know. ---
**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-that-mixes-with-coffee/353157/19 "2006-04-19T04:52:52Z")
Any bar guide (try starting with [this one](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0767901975/sr=1-4/qid=1145422206/ref=sr_1_4/002-6815087-3853604?%5Fencoding=UTF8&s=books)) should have recipes for a number of drinks based on coffee. I’m personally fond of Spanish Coffee. ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-that-mixes-with-coffee/353157/20 "2006-04-19T05:54:15Z")
> [@Nic2004](#): > > We make up a batch of homemade Baileys here on a near-weekly basis (just made on an hour ago). It is truly great in coffee. I’ll send you the recipe via email if you like…and have an available address. > Let me know. Sure, I’d love it! My E-mail is in my profile… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-that-mixes-with-coffee/353157.md?page=2)