Ingredients

  • 1½ ozcognac
  • ½ ozorange curacao
  • 4 ozhot coffee
  • 1 cubesugar cube
  • 3 wholewhole cloves
  • 1 stickcinnamon stick
  • 🍋Orange peel spiral (in preparation)(garnish)

🔧 Tools

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Instructions

  1. In a brulot bowl or chafing dish, combine brandy, curacao, sugar, and spices.
  2. Add a long spiral of orange peel studded with cloves.
  3. Gently heat and carefully ignite the mixture.
  4. Slowly ladle the flaming spirit over the orange peel for dramatic effect.
  5. Add hot coffee to extinguish flames.
  6. Ladle into demitasse cups or Irish coffee glasses.

📜 History

Created at Antoines restaurant in New Orleans in the 1880s, Cafe Brulot means burnt coffee in French. The dramatic tableside preparation has been a signature New Orleans restaurant ritual for over a century.

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