Mexican Coffee Drink Recipe with Kahlua

Our Mexican Coffee cocktail is a favorite gold tequila coffee drink. Top it with whipped cream. It is delicious for an after dinner drink.

The Mexican Coffee Cocktail is a delicious hot coffee cocktail. This hot cocktail has been around for decades. The Mexican coffee cocktail offers a kick of caffeine with warm tequila flavors, and rich kahlua. Brown sugar adds a sweet and rich flavor into this delicious coffee cocktail.

This is an easy drink to make and a perfect addition to a chilly winter of fall evening.

Mexican coffee is named for the gold tequila used in it. Add Kahlua with it and your coffee can give you a bit of a kick.

It’s wonderful for a relaxing drink after a busy stressful day. Or make it for your Mexican themed dinner party guests. It’s a fun drink to serve. And very easy to make.

What are the Ingredients for a Mexican Coffee Cocktail?

A Mexican coffee cocktail contains fresh hot coffee, gold tequila, Kahlua, brown sugar, and a whipped cream garnish. You can also serve this cocktail with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top for a decadent dessert drink. This cocktail is traditionally made with gold tequila not silver.

What is the best Liquor to Mix with Coffee?

Coffee mixes with a number of liquors. The most popular mixers are cream liquors like Baileys. Whiskeys are also popular add ins for hot coffee drinks. Here are a few or our favorite liquors to put in coffee:

1. Amaretto
2. Brandy
3. Frangelico
4. Whiskey
5. Sambuca
6. Rum
7. Godiva Chocolate Liquor
8. Tequila
9. Bourbon
10. RumChata
11. Vodka
12. Creme De Cacao

More Alcoholic Coffee Drinks:

I love coffee. So I made several delicious coffee drinks over the last little while. Here are cocktails that all use coffee or cold brew. Try them out and tell us your favorites.

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How to Make Mexican Coffee Recipe:

Ingredients:

• Tequila Jose Cuervo Especial
• Kahlua Coffee Liqueur
• coffee-fresh brewed
• brown sugar

Tequila Gold:

We chose Jose Cuervo for our gold tequila. It’s a mixto tequila. That means it is a combination of real aged reposado tequila and younger tequilas (about 51% agave) with caramel coloring.

It’s an inexpensive and reliable choice for a flavorful coffee drink. The tequila flavor is blended into the kahlua and sweetened coffee. No need to go true reposado with this cocktail.

If you have a personal favorite gold tequila. I’m sure it will work famously in this recipe.

Kahlua:

This is my favorite coffee liqueur. No one is paying me to say that. I just love Kahlua. If you have a different favorite coffee/rum liqueur… use it instead.

Coffee:

For a REALLY good cup of mexican Coffee try these organic Mayorga Free Trade Beans. Grind them fine for a darker roast flavor. Enjoy!

TIP: Use a good full bodied dark fresh ground coffee bean for best results. Old weak coffee grounds are going to give you a bitter taste in your coffee. Not what we are going for here.

The Process:

Here is a visual walkthrough of this coffee tequila drink. Please also watch our video demonstration in the recipe card.

Now, make it your own way. This cocktail can be made Hot, iced and with various toppings. Here’s a few ideas to get you started.

Different ways to Complete this Coffee Cocktail Recipe:

Rim the cup:

• Wet the cup rim in coffee
• Invert the wet rim into brown sugar on a flat plate
• Use a kitchen torch to caramelize the sugar onto the rim.
• Complete the recipe

Garnish Ideas:

• Sprinkle cinnamon or nutmeg over the whipped cream
• Top your whipped cream with a chocolate covered espresso bean.
• Make a Mexican coffee cinnamon drink by omitting the whipped cream and sprinkling cinnamon over the coffee instead.
• Turn this Kahlua coffee recipe into a dessert cocktail by replacing the whipped cream with vanilla bean ice cream.
• Serve with a cinnamon stick as a stir stick.

Make Iced Mexican Coffee:

This drink is great for summer time as an Iced coffee drink. To make this recipe cold use the same alcohol and proportions. Use these ideas to create your favorite cold version of this recipe.

• Use cold brew instead of coffee
• Or…brew fresh coffee and chill it before mixing your tequila coffee.
• Use vanilla bean ice cream to top the cold coffee cocktail for a real summer vibe. Coffee float anyone? 🙂

let us know your favorite way to drink this delicious alcoholic coffee drink.

Mexican Coffee Mugs:

Picture here are Irish coffee mugs. They show off coffee drinks beautifully. However, they lack the true ambience of Mexico, obviously.

Cinco de Mayo and Day of the Dead are fun Holidays to enjoy with Mexican coffee drinks in a Mexican mug.

We found several Mexican coffee mugs on Amazon that really say Mexican Coffee inside. These Mexican coffee mugs are just right for the mood of this cocktail.

And our favorite Irish coffee mug is a great mug for all kinds of coffee.

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