Monday, September 7, 2009

The Best Autumn Harvest Keoke Coffee

Autumn is a great time of the year. Don't you especially love how fresh the autumn earth smells? And it's a great time to drink the best autumn harvest keoke coffee.

I love to take trips to the cider mill to buy freshly made cider and sugar donuts.

It's crazy too, because it seems like everything slows down and then speeds up simultaneously.

I love the multi-colored autumn leaves that blanket the ground, apples that are ripe for the picking and delicious to eat, the colorful pumpkins that are at their finest, and a warm coffee drink on a chilly evening is sublime.

I light scented candles every night to add a fragrant warmth to my evenings.

I've lived in Los Angeles and Houston. And when I did - boy, did I ever miss the autumn season!

What's great about Autumn is, it's the season for buying the best Fall fresh fruit and vegetables. Tis' the season for Washington apples, large baking potatoes, bananas, pomegranates, grapefruit, dates, pumpkins, Indian corn, ornamental gourds, persimmon, and mixed nuts.

When you head into your kitchen you might be inclined to slow cook a rib roast, or throw a Tom turkey in the oven, or grill a nice piece of fresh halibut. Or maybe make the best autumn harvest keoke coffee.

It's the perfect time of year to head out to Costco to buy their delicious pumpkin cheesecake, or stop by a Honey Baked store to buy a spiral ham, and to make my Grandma Mamie's Cream Cheese Pound Cake. It is so good, y'all!

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This is the time of year when I look forward to gathering with friends to watch football games, go pumpkin picking, and making my specialty coffee drink that all of my friends ask for; a Keoke coffee - topped with fresh whipped cream and cinnamon sprinkles. Try it and get hooked like we are.

There are a lot of good recipes for specialty coffee drinks out there. And no, this is not derived from any of the Starbucks coffee drink recipes out there. They don't have the market completely covered.

So no, this is not just another one of those highly touted coffee drinks. But if you have a penchant for coffee and you've just finished a fantastic yet somewhat heavy comfort food meal - you might feel a little guilty about eating dessert. Yet this coffee drink recipe is a perfect after dinner dessert drink. Make yourself (and the ones you love) a yummy-delicious Keoke coffee. You'll see.

This recipe tops everything I've found on the Internet. It might be tasty as a iced coffee drink, but I've never tried it that way.

I hope you'll enjoy my specialty coffee drink recipe:

Carlo's Famous Keoke Coffee
(Printable Recipe)

1 oz Kahlua® coffee liqueur
1/2 oz Christian Brothers® brandy
4 oz coffee
1 and 1/2 oz whipping cream; not stiff yet loosely whipped enough to spoon into coffee - do not use half and half
1 whole orange; half cut into wedges, half cut into thin slices for garnish on rim of mug
2 small plates
Granulated sugar; enough to use on rim of mug, like salt on a margarita glass
Matches or Indoor/Outdoor Utility Lighter

1.) Place sugar on a small bread plate
2.) Pour steaming hot water into glass coffee mug and let sit for 2 to 3 minutes. Pour out water. 3.) Run flesh on orange wedge around the entire rim of the glass mug
3.) Dip orange-rimmed glass coffee mug rim into sugar, coat well
4.) Pour 1/2 oz brandy into glass coffee mug
5.) Light brandy with matches or lighter.
6.) Slowly twirl glass mug to heat and caramelize sugar all around rim
7.) Cover top of flaming brandy with a small empty plate to extinguish flame
8.) Pour Kahlua into glass coffee mug
9.) Pour hot coffee into glass coffee mug
10.) Slowly spoon loosely fresh whipped cream into glass mug; it should sit on top of coffee for a definitive layered-type look, and serve with thin orange slice garnish on rim.

Tell me if you agree... It's the best autumn harvest keoke coffee, ever!