Mexican Coffee recipe

Name: Mexican Coffee
Prep time: 3 min
Total time: 3 min
Yield: 1 cocktail
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 1.5 oz Reposado Tequila; 0.5 oz Coffee Liqueur; 4 oz Hot Coffee; 0.5 oz Whipped Cream

A warm coffee cocktail with tequila, coffee liqueur and a softly spiced cream cap.

Method: Build · Glass: Irish coffee glass · Time: 3 min · Difficulty: Intermediate · Family: Modern Classics

Ingredients

1.5 oz Reposado Tequila
0.5 oz Coffee Liqueur
4 oz Hot Coffee
0.5 oz Whipped Cream

How to make a Mexican Coffee

Preheat a heatproof coffee glass.
Add tequila, coffee liqueur and hot coffee.
Stir briefly.
Float lightly whipped cream over the back of a spoon.

Garnish

Cinnamon and a small orange zest.

Pro tip

Choose reposado rather than heavily smoky tequila so the coffee remains central.

History of the Mexican Coffee

Mexican Coffee adapts the spirit-and-hot-coffee format with tequila and coffee liqueur.

Flavour profile

Coffee, Agave, Warm, Creamy

Variations

Irish Coffee — Return to Irish whiskey, hot coffee and floating cream
Spanish Coffee — Use rum, coffee liqueur and a caramelized sugar rim
Baileys Coffee — Use Irish cream for a softer, sweeter serve

Practise making the Mexican Coffee in the free Virtual Bar game.