Cheap and Easy Coffee Liqueur

Step 2 Make some coffee

Make some coffee, and make it strong!  You've just bought a big can of the cheapest, darkest roast coffee you could find, so don't worry about putting the proper amount in the filter.  Just load it up and start percolating!

A lot of recipes I've seen for coffee liqueur say you should make "Coffee Extract" for your coffee flavor.  This is achieved by placing coffee grounds in a jar with pure grain alcohol, putting the jar in a dark place, and shaking it several times over the course of several weeks.  When you make the liqueur, you're supposed to put a small amount of this extract in the bottle and top it off with water.  This, my friends, is pure BS and also stupid.  You can leapfrog ahead of all that, plus give your booze a much stronger and more authentic coffee flavor by simply topping it off with coffee instead of water.

For a big batch like this you'll probably need three, maybe four pots, so start this step early.  As each pot is done, dump it into a jug or pitcher and set it aside to cool.  When I do this in the winter I'll put them outside in the cold to cool down that much faster.