Hot, dark and sweet underneath, cool and silky on top: this is the Irish Coffee formula with a tequila-based coffee liqueur doing all the work. You drink the warm coffee through the cold cream, which is the whole point. Perfect on a chilly weekend morning, in a small, warmed glass.
2 oz
tequila-based coffee liqueur e.g. Patrón XO Cafe · Kahlúa
2 oz
water
1½ oz
cream
Garnish: Cream float and three coffee beans · Ice: Served up, no ice
Brunch Money
Sweet roasted coffee and a hint of agave under cool, soft cream. Warming, gentle and fairly low in alcohol.
Brunch Money is a modern drink built around coffee liqueurs made on a tequila base, a category that became widely available in the 2000s. No inventor or date is documented; it follows the structure of hot drinks like the Irish Coffee, where a spirit, coffee and sugar sit under a float of lightly whipped cream.
Because the liqueur already contains coffee and sugar, the recipe needs nothing more than hot water to open it up. The playful name points to where it belongs: late weekend breakfasts rather than the bar at midnight.
Yes. The drink becomes a coffee liqueur toddy without the agave note; add 15 ml tequila if you want it back.
It is either too thin or poured too fast. Whip it a little longer and pour it over the back of a spoon.
No. Diluted with hot water it is around the strength of a glass of wine.
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A warm, slow morning with coffee and nowhere to be.
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