Best Pot Brewed Coffee With Raw Sugar And Spices Café De Olla Recipes

Café de Olla Recipe image

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

Pot-Brewed Coffee with Raw Sugar and Spices (Café de Olla) image

Provided by Rick Bayless

Yield Makes 4-5 servings

Number Of Ingredients 5

4-5 ounces piloncillo*, roughly chopped or 1/2 to 2/3 cup packed brown sugar, plus 1 teaspoon molasses
2 inches cinnamon stick
A few aniseeds (optional )
2/3 cup (2 ounces) Viennese-roast coffee, medium to coarse grind
*Unrefined sugar that is pressed into cone or disk shapes. Also called panela.

Steps:

Boiling and steeping: In a noncorrosive pan, combine 1 quart water, the sugar, cinnamon and optional aniseed. Bring slowly to a boil, stirring to melt the sugar. Stir in the coffee, remove from the fire, cover and steep for 5 minutes.
Straining: Strain the coffee through a fine-mesh sieve into cups or mugs and serve immediately.