Kahlua Cocktails

Kahlua is a liqueur made in Mexico from the finest Arabica coffee beans and sugarcane. The two ingredients are grown side by side in rural Veracruz. The beans are actually the seeds of grape-like "coffee cherries," which are harvested from October to March. The cherries are pulped and processed, and the coffee beans are extracted. The beans are air-dried and aged in burlap sacks for a minimum of six months.

While all this is going on, sugarcane is harvested and juiced, and left to ferment until the sugar turns to alcohol, and distilled. The coffee is ground and extracted, and the sugar and coffee extract are combined to create the familiar Kahlua spirit.

Kahlua is the main ingredient in many popular cocktails.

Mudslide
-1 3/4 oz vodka
-1/2 oz Kahlua® coffee liqueur
-1/2 oz Bailey's® Irish cream
-1/2 cup ice
-1 oz vanilla ice cream

Blend ingredients together and serve in a chocolate-drizzled goblet or martini glass.

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Black Russian
-1 part vodka
-1 part Kahlua

Fill a rocks glass with ice, add ingredients and stir.

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White Russian
-1 1/2 oz vodka
-3/4 oz Kahlua
-3/4 oz cream

Pour the Kahlua and vodka into a glass with ice and stir. Gently pour the cream on top.

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B-52 (shot)
This layered shot not only tastes delicious, but it will impress your guests if you can get it right!

Pour the Kahlua on the bottom of the glass. Then, very carefully pour Bailey's Irish Cream over a barspoon so that it settles on top of the Kahlua and doesn't disturb it. Just as slowly and carefully, add the top layer: Grand Marnier.