Cheap and Easy Coffee Liqueur

Step 8 User Submitted Recipes!

As promised, if anyone would like to post their own recipes for coffee liqueur, I'll put them here.  First up is lvlcaphoto, with this little gem.  Sounds delicious to me!  The picture below is her custom labelled bottle, complete with drink recipes.

lvlcaphoto says:  Hey all, I made some of my own concoction last year for Christmas presents. I started in October (to let it ferment a few months) and here's what I did different with my own recipe.
1. Coffee (same as yours, only make them all different, I used a Brazilian in there too.)
2. White Sugar (same as yours but no brown sugar)
3. Karo Syrup (bottle of the white) this is great for thickening the sugar water
3. Cheap White Vodka 
4. Christian Bros. Brandy (3 cups)
5. Vanilla Extract (Bourbon kind the best, plus one Vanilla Bean)
6. 2 Melted 97% Dark Chocolate Bars

I made the coffee ultra strong. I ran it through coffee filters 5 times to get all of the sediment out of the coffee as it goes to the bottom of the bottles and looks mucky if you don't strain it.
Heat up the sugar with the karo syrup with the water similar to your directions and set aside.
I melt the chocolate and add that into the coffee misture, then add in the sugar. Then add in the bourbon vanilla (the best I've found is Pampered Chef Vanilla or Trader Joe's). Let all that cool then add in the vodka and Bourbon. The Vanilla Bean goes in last and let sit until the next day.

I save all my dark beer bottles and purchase corks from Home Depot to fit the bottles. Make sure you boil the bottles first to get any germs out.

After filling, I shake the bottles every day for about two weeks or more and then personal label them with sticky back paper and my own design artwork for that added flair. When Christmas times comes around this stuff is great after two months of fermenting...enjoy!
 

Thanks for sharing lvlcaphoto!