Café De Olla Sweet Cinnamon Coffee Food

CAFé DE OLLA RECIPE

Steps:

• In a Medium saucepan, place the water, cinnamon, and Piloncillo (or brown sugar). Turn heat and simmer until the piloncillo is dissolved. About7 minutes.
• When the water starts boiling, add the coffee, turn the heat off and stir.
• Cover the pot and let steep for 5 minutes. Pour through a strainer to serve.

CAFé DE OLLA

Steps:

• In a medium olla or pot, add water, piloncillo, cinnamon sticks, cloves and star anise pod.
• Place over medium-high heat and stir often until the piloncillo completely dissolves and the water comes to a boil.
• Remove the pot from the heat. Add the ground coffee, stir to combine, and cover. Let the coffee steep for 6 minutes for regular strength coffee or 8 minutes for extra-strength strength coffee.
• Pour the coffee through a fine mesh strainer or cheesecloth into a coffee mug and serve.
• Enjoy as is or add some milk for a cafe con leche.

CAFé DE OLLA: SWEET CINNAMON COFFEE

Steps:

• Bring the water to a boil.
• Add the coffee, cinnamon and sugar, and continue boiling for 30 seconds.
• Stir and strain into hot mugs.

POT-BREWED COFFEE WITH RAW SUGAR AND SPICES (CAFé DE OLLA)

Steps:

• Boiling and steeping: In a noncorrosive pan, combine 1 quart water, the sugar, cinnamon and optional aniseed. Bring slowly to a boil, stirring to melt the sugar. Stir in the coffee, remove from the fire, cover and steep for 5 minutes.
• Straining: Strain the coffee through a fine-mesh sieve into cups or mugs and serve immediately.

SWEET COFFEE - OR SAFFRON INFUSION (QAHWAT AL-HILO)

Steps:

• Bruise cardamom pods by hitting with a mallet or pound briefly in a mortar.
• Combine the ingredients in a small pan or large long handled coffe pot.
• Stir to desolve the sugar, then leave on low heat for 30 minutes until reduced and thick.
• Serve in Arabic coffee cups*, filling them.
• *Those small cups the size Chinese tea is served inches.
• An exotic brew!

CAFé DE OLLA: MEXICAN POT-BREWED COFFEE

Steps:

• Boil the water in a medium size steel pot.
• Carefully add to the boiled water - the sugar, cinnamon sticks, and cloves.
• With a wooden spoon, stir until the sugar dissolves.
• Add coffee grounds and stir over low heat. Don't let it boil as it will give the resulting beverage a bitter taste. Cover and simmer for about 5 mins.
• Strain coffee through a fine cone filter, fine mesh sieve, or cheesecloth.
• Add warm milk to taste.

CAFE MEXICANO (SPICED "CAFE DE OLLA" COFFEE)

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan over medium heat, add the coffee grounds with 1 quart water, the sugar, cinnamon and orange peel. Stir to combine and bring to slow boil, stirring to dissolve sugar. Remove from the heat and let steep, covered for 5 minutes. Strain, through a fine mesh strainer, into cups and serve.