5 Best Coffee Cocktail Recipes

Adding a (large) splash of alcohol to your favorite coffee drink is a great way to spice things up. Yes, there is more to life than Irish coffee, especially when it comes to coffee cocktails. Here is a list of our 5 favorite coffee cocktail recipes.

#1 Dublin Iced Coffee

• 2 oz. strong cold-brew coffee

• 2 oz. stout (such as Guinness)

• 1½ oz. Irish whiskey

• ¾ oz. Traeger Grills Smoked Simple Syrup

• 1/2 ounce heavy cream

• Freshly grated Organic Korintje Cinnamon Sticks (for serving)

Fill a highball glass with ice. Mix in the coffee, stout, whiskey, and simple syrup. Slowly pour in the cream so it gradually spills into coffee; sprinkle with cinnamon.

#2 The Spiked Dalgona Coffee

• 2 tbsp. instant coffee

• 2 tbsp. granulated sugar

• 2 tbsp. cold water

• Ice, for serving

• Milk (feel free to sub in some almond milk)

• Kahula

Fill a rocks glass with ice. Combine coffee, sugar, water and Kahula in a medium mixing bowl . Using a hand frother, whisk until the mixture becomes thick. Pour milk over the ice, then scoop the whipped coffee mixture on top. You can also mix the two parts together if you want more of a latte.

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#3 Siciliano

• 2 oz. Italian sweet vermouth

• 1½ oz. amaro

• 1½ oz. strong cold-brew coffee

• 1 oz. Traeger Grills Smoked Simple Syrup

• Fever-Tree Club soda

• Orange wheel (for serving)

Mix together the cold-brew coffee, vermouth, amaro, and simple syrup in a tumbler. Add ice to fill and top it off with the club soda. Garnish with orange wheel.

#4 Irish (Mushroom) Coffee

• 1 cup freshly brewed Four Sigmatic Mourning Routine Mushroom Coffee

• 1 tablespoon brown sugar

• 1 shot (1 1/2 oz) of Irish whiskey

• Heavy cream, slightly whipped

Pour your hot (mushroom) coffee into warmed glass until it is about 3/4 full. Then, add the brown sugar and stir until it is completely dissolved. Throw in the shot of Irish whiskey and stir it around. Top it off with some whipped heavy cream. Serve it up hot and enjoy!

#5 Coffee Old Fashioned

• 1 double shot Royal Kona Espresso Roast (about 2 oz.), room temperature

• 1 oz bourbon or rye whiskey

• .25 oz Traeger Grills Smoked Simple Syrup

• A dash of Angostura Aromatic Cocktail Bitters

• 1 lemon peel

Instructions Mix together the espresso, bourbon, simple syrup, and cocktail bitters in a shaker and fill it up with ice. Stir it together and strain into a rocks glass filled with ice. Twist lemon peel over the drink and rub around the rim of the glass. Garnish with lemon peel.

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