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How To Make Homemade Kahlua Coffee Liqueur

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Here’s a treat for you, how to make homemade Kahlua coffee liqueur. I love coffee liqueur, it’s rich and aromatic, deep and strong, your favourite cuppa joe in a glass. The perfect tipple for the coffee addict.

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How to make homemade Kahlua coffee liqueur

The keen reader of this blog will be well aware that I just love making homemade liqueurs and hooch of all sorts. From my strawberry and lavender gin to homemade cassis, Kirsch, blackcurrant vodka and more.

There is something so super satisfying about making your own liqueurs. They make great gifts (especially at Christmas) and they are SO much cheaper than buying liqueurs in the shops.

coffee liqueur by larderlove.com

What is Kahlua

Kahlua is a coffee liqueur that originates from Veracruz in Mexico. It was first produced in 1936 . It’s a heady mixture of  coffee (obvs!) 100% arabica coffee, vodka, rum and sugar.

It’s used as a straight drink, mixed into all sorts of cocktails and in baking and desserts too where you want a really good coffee flavour.

ingredients for homemade coffee liqueur by larderlove.com

Ingredients for Kahlua style homemade coffee liqueur

  • Fresh coffee beans (not ground coffee and certainly not instant!)
  • Vodka
  • Rum (white or dark, whatever you have)
  • Zest of a lemon
  • Coffee syrup made from espresso and sugar

beans soaking in vodka

How to make homemade coffee liqueur

First you want to crush those coffee beans. This will release their amazing flavour and the kitchen will smell amazing. You can either whazz them vet quickly in a grinder/food processor but only for seconds as you don’t want to grind them completely.

Pop the smashed coffee beans into a nice big jar and add the lemon zest and pour on the vodka and rum.

Now seal the jar and set it aside in a dark cupboard for a week. This will give the coffee beans plenty of time to release that amazing flavour into the vodka.

homemade Kahlua coffee liqueur by larderlove.com

After a week you will want to strain the coffee mixture through a double layer of kitchen paper or muslin. Why a double layer? Well, the coffee beans will have left tiny bits of fibre and shell in the vodka, there will also be tiny bits of lemon lurking in there.

Any bits however small will make your finished coffee liqueur cloudy. It won’t affect the taste, just won’t look great. So just have a wee bit of patience and let it slowly drip through the two layers of paper/muslin.

Now make the fabulous coffee syrup. Basically you are heating up strong espresso with sugar to thicken it into a syrup.

Add this to the strained coffee vodka and shake well. Finally, pour the liqueur into a sterilised bottle (see how to sterilise jars and bottles). Voila, you now have your own homemade Kahlua style coffee liqueur.

two glasses of coffee liqueur by larderlove.com

How long will your homemade coffee liqueur last?

It will keep for up to a year in a cool cupboard. I very much doubt it will last anywhere like that long as this coffee liqueur is delicious.

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How to serve homemade coffee liqueur

I like to serve this tasty liqueur in shot glasses with a cube of ice. I know, simple and basic but there you go. You can also pop the bottle in the freezer (and your glasses too) and go for the full out chilled coffee liqueur experience.

or why not try this cocktail

Espresso Martini Cocktail

Ingredients;

  • 40ml vodka
  • 20ml homemade Kahlua coffee liqueur
  • 20ml espresso
  • ice cubes

Method;

Fill a cocktail shaker with ice, add all ingredients and pretend that you’re Tom Cruise in ‘Cocktail’ and shake it like mad. Pour into cocktail glass and enjoy.

homemade coffee liqueur

Other uses for homemade coffee liqueur

I use this coffee liqueur a lot in baking and dessert recipes. It’s perfect for adding to a coffee ice cream recipe. For any coffee cake a good dash of Kahlua is a must! I use it in my delicious  Coffee and Walnut Cake with Cardamom.

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Looking for more fun and easy homemade liqueur recipes? Then check these out;

Strawberry and  lavender gin

Homemade cassis

Medieval wine

Vin D’orange

Golden vanilla vodka

Homemade spiced rum

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How to make your own homemade Kahlua coffee liqueur that tastes just like the real thing. Perfect for cocktails or to drink over ice and great for baking and dessert recipes too. #kahlua #coffee liqueur #homemade liqueurs #larderlove

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Homemade Kahlua Coffee Liqueur

Karon
This homemade coffee liqueur is perfect for sipping. for making an espresso martini or for adding to you bakes and desserts too
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Prep Time 10 mins
Course Drinks
Cuisine Mexican

Ingredients
 

  • 100 g fresh coffee beans whole (arabica or other)
  • 500 ml vodka
  • 150 ml white rum (dark will do)
  • zest of 1 lemon

for the coffee syrup

  • 1/2 cup espresso coffee
  • 1/2 cup sugar

Instructions
 

  • Roughly smash the coffee beans with pestle and mortar. If using a grinder/food processor just pulse, you don't want to grind the coffee just break up the beans
  • Place coffee beans in clean jar and add lemon zest, vodka and rum
  • pop on the lid, shake well and set aside for a week in dark cupboard
  • strain through 2 layers of muslin/kitchen roll
  • make coffee syrup by boiling the espresso with the sugar for 5 mins till thickens, allow to cool then add to the coffee vodka
  • pour the finished liqueur into a sterilised bottle and seal. It will keep for up to a year.
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Comments

  1. Janiece says

    July 30, 2020 at 5:46 pm

    Does the syrup need to be strained? If not what about the “grit”?

    Reply
    • Karon Grieve says

      July 31, 2020 at 8:10 am

      Strain the syrup through 2 layers of kitchen paper if you have grit in espresso
      K

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