Coffee Liqueur (cape Verde Islands) Licor De Cafe

Total Time: 192 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 192 hrs

Ingredients

• 1 lb roasted coffee beans
• 1 liter rum
• 1 lb sugar
• 2 cups water

Recipe

• 1 set a few coffee beans aside, then place the rest of the coffee beans into the rum and allow them to infuse for eight days.
• 2 place the sugar in a small saucepan and add the 2 cups of water. bring to a boil, and cook until you have a thin syrup. allow syrup to chill.
• 3 add the syrup to the coffee mixture, and mix well.
• 4 pour the liqueur off into small decorative bottles.
• 5 add a few coffee beans to each bottle and allow the liquer to age 3 weeks or longer before seving in tiny cordial glasses as an after-dinner drink.