"kahlua" news and stories

It's likely that the brand to pop to mind when talking coffee and liquor is Kahlúa, a Mexican coffee-flavored liqueur that's been around since 1936. Kahlúa's so popular that the name often gets used like Coke, Kleenex and Band-Aid to refer to similar products made by other companies. Some home enthusiasts also post recipes online for "homemade Kahlúa" instead of just saying "homemade coffee liqueur."

Besides the typical suggestion of pouring coffee liqueur over ice cream (isn't everything good on ice cream?), several cocktails call for java spirits, including the White Russian (2 ounces vodka, 1 ounce of coffee liqueur, 1 ounce of cream shaken and served on the rocks). London's legendary barman Dick Bradsell brought us the espresso martini (aka the Pharmaceutical Stimulant or Vodka Espresso) made with coffee, coffee liqueur, vodka, and simple syrup shaken and served up in a cocktail glass.

Then, of course, you can always throw some coffee liqueur into your favorite dessert recipes such as cakes and brownies. The magical combination of chocolate and coffee is hard to resist.

Continuing with the "numbered cocktail" theme, I think this is the first drink of the Happy Hour series I've posted that's served in a shot glass.

This is the 747. Not sure why it's named after an airplane, but some cocktails have mysterious origins. This is made with Kahlua, Bailey's Irish Cream, and Frangelico. From those ingredients I'm sure you can tell immediately what it might taste like and if you'd like it or not.

Even though I don't drink coffee, I like its flavor in other things. I like coffee ice cream, so I'm open to the flavor, especially in desserts.

After the jump, a recipe for Coffee Fudge Brownies from Lifetips.com. It's a fudgy brownie, not a cake-like one (hence the name) and they say that the coffee flavor isn't too overpowering, so this might be good to try even if you're not thrilled with coffee like me. It also includes Kahlua! (The pic is from another site; these brownies might look different.)

Today we have a little drink that sounds like it was created for a movie, but it's real: The Mind Eraser. It's the signature drink of Phil Richardson, who tends bar at The Palm in Boston. Richardson says it's a drink that he's been trying to wean himself off of for 30 years.

Warning: this drink involves a straw.

When we first decided on Spirited Cooking for Slashfood’s December theme day, I promptly went out and bought a bottle of Bailey’s to replace the bottle I’d be finishing off on the rocks, as well as another bottle of Kahlua because, really now, you can never have enough coffee flavored liqueur in your cabinet, right?

I like Kahlua in coffee, but I’ll tell you, it tastes pretty damn good in a brownie, too.