5 Adult Coffee Drinks Warm You This Winter

The winter season has reared its ugly head, and we are all looking for ways to warm up and get cozy. If you are a coffee addict and can’t wait for that french press to finish steeping in the morning like me. Here are a few easy-to-make coffee drink selections to carry over into the evening. Trust me. These aren’t your average spiked Irish Cream drinks.

 

Espresso Martini Recipe

 

Prep Time: 5 mins

 

Total Time: 5 mins

 

Yield: One cocktail

 

Ingredients

 

1 ½ ounces vodka

 

1-ounce espresso

 

1/2 ounce coffee liqueur

 

1/2 ounce simple syrup

 

Directions:

 

Add all the ingredients into a cocktail shaker filled with ice and shake for at least 10 seconds (or longer for more frothiness).

 

Strain into a martini glass. Garnish with a sprinkle of cocoa or cinnamon, if desired.

 

Coffee Old Fashioned Recipe

 

Prep Time: 5 mins

 

Total Time: 5 mins

 

Yield: One cocktail

 

Ingredients

 

1 sugar cube

 

4 dashes of orange Angostura bitters

 

1 ½ ounces Bourbon

 

½ ounce dark rum

 

.5 ounce Turkish Coffee chilled or at room temperature

 

Orange twist for garnish

 

Directions:

 

Combine the sugar cube, 1 teaspoon water, and bitters in a cocktail glass and stir vigorously until the sugar has dissolved.

 

Fill a shaker with ice cubes, then add Bourbon, rum, Turkish coffee, and simple syrup. Stir gently to combine.

 

Serve in a rocks glass over a single large ice cube, and add an orange twist for garnish.

 

Boozy Cold Brew Slush Recipe

 

Hands-On Time: 5 mins

 

Total Time: 5 mins

 

Yield: 4 cocktails

 

Ingredients

 

3 cups cold brew coffee, divided

 

¼ cup milk

 

½ cup Irish Cream, such as Bailey’s

 

¼ cup vodka

 

½ teaspoon vanilla extract

 

Cinnamon, chocolate syrup, and whipped cream for garnish (optional) 

 

Directions:

 

Fill ice cube trays with 2 ½ cups cold brew coffee and freeze until solid, at least 3 hours.

 

Add the remaining ½ cup cold brew in a blender—then the milk, Irish cream, vodka, vanilla, and frozen coffee ice cubes, and process until smooth and creamy (but not liquefied).

 

Divide the slushie evenly between 4 glasses. Drizzle with optional toppings, like a sprinkle of cinnamon, chocolate syrup, and whipped cream.

 

Irish Iced Coffee Recipe

 

Hands-On Time: 5 mins

 

Total Time: 5 mins

 

Yield: One drink

 

Ingredients

 

4 ounces of strong coffee, chilled

 

1 tablespoon simple syrup

 

1 ½ ounces Irish whiskey

 

1-ounce heavy cream

 

Directions:

 

Combine coffee, simple syrup, whiskey, and cream in an ice-filled cocktail shaker.

 

Shake vigorously until very cold, about 30 seconds, and then strain into an ice-filled pint glass and top with whipped cream (if desired).

 

White Russian Recipe

 

Prep Time: 5 mins

 

Total Time: 5 mins

 

Yield: 1 cocktail

 

Ingredients

 

2 ounces vodka

 

1 ounce Kahlúa

 

1-ounce heavy cream

 

Directions:

 

Fill a cocktail glass—preferably on the rocks or Old Fashioned glass—with ice. Pour the vodka and Kahlúa over the ice.

 

Top with the heavy cream and stir to combine.

 

Now that you have a few drink ideas to warm up with, try them all out and impress your friends and family this holiday season. Coffee is good at any time of the day, after all.

 

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