Best Mexican Style Sweetened Black Coffee Café De Olla Recipes

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CAFé DE OLLA



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Café de Olla is a traditional Mexican coffee spiced with cinnamon, cloves, star anise and sweetened with piloncillo. Serve black or with milk.

Provided by Isabel Eats

Categories     Drinks

Time 10m

Number Of Ingredients 6

8 cups water
4 ounces piloncillo ((or 1/2 cup dark brown sugar), plus more to taste*)
2 cinnamon sticks ((Mexican cinnamon sticks preferred))
2 whole cloves
1 star anise pod
9 tablespoons dark roast ground coffee

Steps:

  • In a medium olla or pot, add water, piloncillo, cinnamon sticks, cloves and star anise pod.
  • Place over medium-high heat and stir often until the piloncillo completely dissolves and the water comes to a boil.
  • Remove the pot from the heat. Add the ground coffee, stir to combine, and cover. Let the coffee steep for 6 minutes for regular strength coffee or 8 minutes for extra-strength strength coffee.
  • Pour the coffee through a fine mesh strainer or cheesecloth into a coffee mug and serve.
  • Enjoy as is or add some milk for a cafe con leche.

Nutrition Facts : ServingSize 1 cup, Calories 73 kcal, Carbohydrate 19 g, Protein 1 g, Fat 1 g, SaturatedFat 1 g, Sodium 17 mg, Fiber 1 g, Sugar 18 g

NATALIE'S RECIPE



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Number Of Ingredients 6

9 cups of water
9 tablespoons of coffee
2-3 cinnamon sticks
2-3 star anise
3-4 cloves
½ cone of piloncillo

Steps:

  • Boil water, cinnamon, star anise, cloves and sugar in a container until it boils. You should have a spicy, fragrant tea. Turn off the heat and spoon in coffee. Stir, cover and steep for at least five minutes. Ladle the coffee through a cheesecloth and a strainer. Serve.

CAFé DE OLLA RECIPE



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Those times are long gone but the memories are still there, especially on a cold day like this when a good cup of coffee from México with Cinnamon and Piloncillo will warm you up. I love making this coffee when we go camping.

Provided by Mely Martínez

Categories     Drinks

Time 15m

Number Of Ingredients 4

4 cups of water
3 oz. Piloncillo/Panela or dark brown sugar (about 1/3 cup)
1/2 a stick of Mexican Cinnamon
4 Tablespoons of ground Coffee (it would be better if you could get a Dark Mexican Coffee.)

Steps:

  • In a Medium saucepan, place the water, cinnamon, and Piloncillo (or brown sugar). Turn heat and simmer until the piloncillo is dissolved. About7 minutes.
  • When the water starts boiling, add the coffee, turn the heat off and stir.
  • Cover the pot and let steep for 5 minutes. Pour through a strainer to serve.

Nutrition Facts : ServingSize 4 cups, Calories 77 kcal, Carbohydrate 18 g, Sodium 12 mg, Sugar 18 g

CAFE MEXICANO (SPICED "CAFE DE OLLA" COFFEE)



Cafe Mexicano (Spiced

Provided by Marcela Valladolid

Categories     beverage

Time 15m

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 5

2/3 cup ground dark roasted coffee, medium to coarse grind
1 quart water
1 cinnamon stick
One 3-inch piece orange peel
5 ounces piloncillo* or 1 cup packed dark brown sugar

Steps:

  • In a medium saucepan over medium heat, add the coffee grounds with 1 quart water, the sugar, cinnamon and orange peel. Stir to combine and bring to slow boil, stirring to dissolve sugar. Remove from the heat and let steep, covered for 5 minutes. Strain, through a fine mesh strainer, into cups and serve.

MEXICAN-STYLE SWEETENED BLACK COFFEE (CAFé DE OLLA)



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Categories     Coffee     Non-Alcoholic     Spice     Cinnamon     Molasses     Gourmet     Drink

Yield Makes about 8 cups

Number Of Ingredients 5

8 cups water
2/3 cup packed light brown sugar
1 teaspoon molasses
2 (3-inch) cinnamon sticks
1 cup medium-grind coffee (not espresso)

Steps:

  • Bring water, brown sugar, molasses, and cinnamon sticks to a boil in a 4-quart pot over moderate heat, stirring occasionally until sugar is dissolved. Stir in coffee and boil 5 minutes. Pour through a fine-mesh sieve into a heatproof pitcher or clean pot, discarding coffee grinds and cinnamon sticks.

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