Tia Maria is a delicious coffee liqueur. Delicious over ice, with coffee, as Spanish coffee, and as an ingredient for a cocktail. This liqueur has a deep coffee taste, combined with a hint of caramel and vanilla. And it's super easy to make (it just takes a little time).
Cook Time 5 minutesmins
Getting flavor 42 daysd
Total Time 42 daysd5 minutesmins
Course Drinks
Cuisine Caribean
Servings 35shots
Calories 123kcal
Ingredients
4cups Vodka
3oz. vanilla sugar
1poundbrown rock sugar
160coffee beans
Ingredients you need per step are listed below the step in Italic
Instructions
Make sure the glass jar is clean.
Put the gin, vanilla sugar, candy sugar, and coffee beans in the pot. Twist the lid on and shake it up and down. Put in a dark, cool place.
4 cups Vodka, 3 oz. vanilla sugar, 1 pound brown rock sugar, 160 coffee beans
Turn the jar once every day for the next six weeks.
Pour the Tia Maria into clean bottles. Strain the coffee beans out if you prefer.
NOTES
1. StorageRule of thumb, spirits are preserved by the alcohol as long as the bottle is kept in a dark, cool place. But it is true that the color, the taste can deteriorate and sediment can form over time.