Coffee Drinks
Iced Tahini Mocha
This clever coffee drink from The Daily in Charleston gets a touch of savory complexity from the addition of tahini. Here we serve it on ice, but it can also be served hot in the colder months.
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Long Island Iced Coffee
Chef Jonathan Brooks of Milktooth in Indiana makes this strong and delicious cocktail as a riff on the classic Long Island iced tea.
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Two Mirrors
"Two Mirrors has a special place in my heart," says New Orleans bartender Nick Detrich. "It's a frappe-style drink with a good dash of anise and floral notes like the absinthe frappes of Mardi Gras." To garnish with rose water, spray with an atomizer or float a few drops on the surface of the drink.
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Café Cubano
No Cuban meal is complete without a café cubano (Cuban coffee). A well-made café cubano has a thick layer of sweet crema (cream) floating over strong espresso. To get the crema right, whisk about 1 tablespoon of the espresso with sugar until it turns foamy, then pour the pot of espresso over it. Lourdes Castro says you can't overbeat a crema, so stir it energetically.
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Smuggler's Coffee
This double rum coffee is deliciously flavored with cinnamon and orange zest.
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The Giant Peach
This refreshing coffee soda is sweetened with homemade peach syrup. Tonic syrup adds a beautiful herbal note, but tonic water is a good stand-in.
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Snowstorm Café
39 Degrees Bartender Denis Côté created this drink as a warmer-upper for guests who've just returned from skiing or snowboarding on Aspen Mountain, which is right outside the lounge.
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Vietnamese-Style Iced Coffee
Cold-brewing involves steeping ground coffee in cold water. RBC NYC coffee bar (rbcnyc.com) uses the method here.
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Chocolate-Raspberry Truffletini
"This is like a really fine chocolate truffle that melts in your mouth," says Carousel Lounge's bartender Marvin Allen. He makes this variation on a chocolate martini with nocino, a walnut liqueur produced in Modena, Italy.
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Caffè Di Alpi
Frasca Food & Wine bartender Steve Peters dreamed up Caffè di Alpi ("Alpine Coffee" in Italian) as a deliciously warming après-ski drink.
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Caffè Romano Martini
On a trip to Helsinki, Philip Duff drank an espresso romano (an espresso served with a piece of lemon zest). When he returned home, he tinkered with ingredients behind the bar and created this drink.