Grasshopper Coffee

Submitted by twissis

"From *The World Encyclopedia of Coffee* -- Oh my, this sounds almost too good! Pls note *Cooks Tips* at end of the prep. *Enjoy* !"

 

• Ready In: 5mins
• Ingredients: 4
• Serves: 2

ingredients

• 1⁄4 cup green creme de menthe
• 1⁄4 cup Tia Maria or 1/4 cup other coffee liqueur
• 1 1⁄2 cups hot & strong coffee
• 1⁄4 cup whipping cream

directions

1. Divide the 2 liqueurs equally between 2 tall glasses & mix well.
2. Fill ea glass equally w/the hot coffee & top w/whipped cream.
3. COOKS TIP #1: The recipe suggested a garnish using the thin "after dinner style" choc mints cut diagonally & inserted into the whipped cream topping. The pic of same is visually stunning, but simple choc shavings will work equally well for me. :-).
4. COOKS TIP #2: "Use coffee strong enough so as not to taste watery or be too diluted by the liqueurs, but weaker than espresso.".

Reviews

[NorthwestGal]

Delicious cup of coffee. The crème de menthe added a lot of flavor and gave it a refreshing tone. I didn't taste the Kahlua very much, the crème de menthe was more prominent. That's not really a negative comment because it wasn't too much of the minty taste, just that that Kahlua wasn't a dominant flavor. Next time, I might try doubling the amount of Kahlua. I really enjoyed this recipe, twissis.

 

[lazyme]

Great coffee. This was such a nice change of pace from regular chocolate coffee drinks. Mine looked a little 'green' but the taste was wonderful. Thanks twissis for such a nice treat. Congrats again on your football win!

 

[kitty.rock]

This was wonderful coffee :) Loved the mint flavor and I used kahlua in mine. Thanks for another great recipe twissis! Made for ZAAR COOKBOOK TAG, March 2010!

 

[Brookelynne26]

This was super delicious. Thank you so much for adding a little zip to my Sunday morning!

 

[alligirl]

Aww, twissis, this was delish! I used white creme de menthe and Kahlua, and it's like a coffee Thin Mint! Wonderful! I also used chocolate shavings, as I didn't have any Andes mints. Thanks so much for sharing this great coffee drink!