Café De Olla: Sweet Cinnamon Coffee

Name: Café De Olla: Sweet Cinnamon Coffee
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 6 serving(s)
Ingredients: 6 cups water; 3 teaspoons medium-grind ground coffee (not instant); 1 cinnamon stick; 4 tablespoons piloncillo cones (to taste) or 4 tablespoons brown sugar (to taste)

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Submitted by Elmotoo

"Found for the World Tour 2005, this looks like something dh would love! A Mexican recipe, it has been called ' "funeral coffee" because it is always served at the velorios - all-night wakes - with large trays of sweet rolls.'"

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photo by Baby Kato

Ready In:: 10mins
Ingredients:: 4
Serves:: 6

ingredients

6 cups water
3 teaspoons medium-grind ground coffee (not instant)
1 cinnamon stick
4 4 tablespoons piloncillo cones (to taste) or 4 tablespoons brown sugar (to taste)

directions

Bring the water to a boil.
Add the coffee, cinnamon and sugar, and continue boiling for 30 seconds.
Stir and strain into hot mugs.

Questions & Replies

3 tsp of ground coffee to 6 cups of water. Isn't that a little weak? Not criticizing, I am truly asking. Thanks in advance

thastriker

Reviews

I made this for my husband as I do not drink coffee, he is still raving about it. He really enjoyed the hint of cinnamon. Being he is a man who loves his coffee blacker than dirt, I was surprised that he liked the sweetness of this coffee. He did comment that it is more of a dessert coffee vs a get you going in the morning type coffee.

morgainegeiser
Decided to make this for ZWT 8 the Mexican Leg for the Winers, Diners and Chives as it sounded so easy. Have to admit to being a little nervous as I'm one of those folks who likes her coffee to taste like coffee with no sugar or extras. But found I really liked this with the brown sugar and cinnamon was so differant, not to sweet and just a hint of the cinnamon in the background. I really enjoyed it.

Bonnie G #2
I love coffee and this one is special. So much flavor and it was so quick and easy to make. I can see why its served all night. A nice mellow sweet coffee with a hint of cinnamon. Thank you Bethie for sharing a recipe that I will be enjoying often. Made for The Fearless Red Dragons - ZWT8 - Mexico.

Baby Kato
Very refreshing! I made using some plunger coffee and the amount directed on the pack and it had a nice hint of cinnamon without being overly sweet.

Peter J
Absolutely delicious! I only made two cups, so I used one teaspoon of brown sugar, two heaping teaspoons coffee and two cps water and I let it steep for a while. Will make again, for sure! Thanks for posting, made for I RECOMMEND tag game, 2012

pammyowl

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Tweaks

Now this is what coffee should taste like! I just tried this for my morning coffee today. It was so easy to make, although I halved the recipe to make only 2 cups of coffee. I used brown sugar instead of piloncillo. Thanks for this super-yummy recipe!

JenSmith