| For the coffee lover one advantage of traveling | | | | sour mixed into one. Carefully peel a large orange and |
| abroad is the opportunity to sample the delightful | | | | separate into slices. Do the same with a lemon. Put a |
| international varieties of coffee recipes as well as the | | | | peel about the size of one orange slice into the bottom |
| different ways of savoring coffee. | | | | of the cup. Mix in one-third tablespoon of butter, a |
| The possibilities of coffee recipes could be endless but | | | | tablespoon of brown sugar, a pinch each of ground |
| just to mention a few (Caribbean, Mexican mocha, | | | | cloves and nutmeg. Then throw in a pinch of cinnamon. |
| Cuban cubano and Grog) bring about a nostalgic | | | | Pour in a half-cup of coffee and stir. Add heavy |
| feeling in my palate. | | | | cream to taste. Happy holidays. |
| Lets take a look at some of these recipes. | | | | How about these international delights, such as |
| The first is one is one of the more unusual. Be a little | | | | Viennese, Turkish and Vietnamese? |
| daring when making this one. First, start by baking a | | | | For the Viennese, melt one-eighth cup dark chocolate |
| coconut for thirty minutes at 300F (134C). At the end | | | | into a sauce pan and stir in one tablespoon of light |
| of the thirty minutes, remove the coconut and set it to | | | | cream. Slowly add a half-cup of coffee and whip until |
| the side to allow it to cool. Once cooled break open | | | | frothy, then let settle. Sprinkle cinnamon and cocoa |
| the shell and remove the inner flesh and grate. Mix the | | | | across the surface and taste with pinky raised. Now |
| meat, coconut milk and a half-cup of cow's milk in a | | | | you're an aristocrat. |
| pan and heat until it thickens. Then strain the mixture to | | | | The Turkish is very simple. It would be to your |
| remove the coconut granules. Mix the mixture with a | | | | advantage to obtain one of the special "džezva" |
| cup of coffee and sip. Savor the coconut milk taste | | | | pots used to boil the coffee. Yes, boil! Turkish coffee is |
| mixed with the coffee. Yummy | | | | strong. This coffee is not for the weak at heart. Start |
| Next lets make a mocha Mexican style. This is a | | | | with finely ground Turkish coffee. Pour a cup of water |
| delicious blend of coffee and chocolate - two natural | | | | into the pot, then add a half teaspoon of sugar and |
| partners. To start with take a teaspoon of your | | | | bring to a boil. Remove from heat and add a teaspoon |
| favorite chocolate syrup and add a quarter teaspoon | | | | of the coffee, then stir and replace onto the heat. |
| of cinnamon and nutmeg. Wow, this is starting off | | | | Remove after a layer of foam appears, then allow to |
| good. Making me a little hungry.. Next, pour in one cup | | | | settle and cool. |
| of coffee and add white or organic sugar to your | | | | The iced coffee drink of Vietnam is not to be missed. |
| taste. To top it off you can mix with whipping cream, | | | | Acquire a Vietnamese coffee press. The hard part is |
| or top with whipped cream. You can't go wrong with | | | | now over. Put the ground coffee in the press, and then |
| this recipe. | | | | pour a tablespoon of condensed milk into the bottom |
| Cubano is drunk like tequila, straight and like a shot. For | | | | of a cup. Pour boiling water over the press and let drip. |
| the Americano, you might want to dilute with rum or | | | | Stir and add ice. Wow! |
| hot milk. Add rum to taste, but any more than a | | | | Once again, taking an international world tour will reveal |
| tablespoonful of milk will really spoil the effect. Be | | | | even more recipes that I did not mention in this article. |
| adventurous! | | | | This is not a bad idea if your interested in find new and |
| Grog, a traditional English holiday treat is sweet and | | | | exotic recipes. |