ICED MEXICAN COFFEE WITH CAFé DE OLLA

Iced Mexican Coffee with Café De Olla image

Provided by Annacia * @Annacia

Number Of Ingredients 15

ICED MEXICAN COFFEE:
1 tablespoon(s) chocolate syrup
- ice cubes
1 - shot coffee liqueur
1/2 cup(s) cold cafe de olla (recipe below)
1 tablespoon(s) heavy cream or half-and-half
1 pinch(es) cinnamon
CAFé DE OLLA:
5 cup(s) water
4 large cinnamon sticks
6 - whole cloves
4 - star anise
1/4 cup(s) sugar, unrefined if you can find it
1/4 cup(s) lightly packed brown sugar
3/4 cup(s) ground dark roast coffee beans, regular or decaf

Steps:

To Make the Cafe de Olla: Combine the water, cinnamon sticks, cloves, star anise, and sugar and brown sugar in a medium saucepan. Stir and bring to a boil and the reduce heat to low and simmer, uncovered, for about 25-30 minutes. Remove from heat and add the ground coffee. Stir and cover; let steep for 5 minutes.
Then pour through a sieve lined with a coffee filter, or just use your coffee maker... (obviously you want to make sure that your coffee pot is below). Serve hot or bring to room temperature and the refrigerate.
To make the Mexican iced coffee drizzle some chocolate syrup on the bottom of a glass. Add ice cubes, the shot of coffee liquor and café de olla..
If you'd like to create a floating layer of cream, carefully pour the cream over the back of a spoon on top of the drink (otherwise just go nuts and pour on top to mix it all together). Sprinkle with a pinch of cinnamon