The world of coffee is far more than just a cup of Americano or latte. From Irish whiskey coffee to Mexico's Huastec layered coffee, every fancy coffee hides regional culture and historical stories behind it. This article systematically sorts out 26 classic fancy coffees from around the world, covering names, origins, ingredient ratios and detailed brewing steps. Whether you are a coffee enthusiast or a bartender, you can find a recipe worth trying. The article also retains relevant recommendations from the "Front Street" brand for daily bean selection reference.
1. Irish Coffee
Irish Coffee
(Ireland)
Slightly dark roasted coffee 150cc
Irish whiskey 20cc
White sugar 10g
Whipped cream or fresh cream 20cc
First rinse the cup with hot water and wipe it dry, put in the white sugar and Irish whiskey, then pour in the coffee, and finally slowly spread the whipped cream on the surface (if using fresh cream, never stir with a teaspoon).
It is said that fishermen going out to sea often drank this coffee to resist the cold and warm their bodies. Later it became popular in a coffee shop in San Francisco and gradually became known to the world.
2. Irish Mist Coffee
Irish Mist Coffee
(Ireland)
Slightly dark roasted coffee 150cc
Irish Mist 20cc
White sugar 10g
Whipped cream 20cc
After heating the cup, add white sugar and Irish Mist, pour in the coffee, then gently float the whipped cream on the surface, being careful not to stir.
Irish Mist is made from Irish whiskey, honey and vanilla, and belongs to coffee-flavored liqueur. The blend of coffee, cream and liqueur creates an indescribably wonderful and fascinating taste.
3. Coachman Coffee
Einspanner
(Austria)
Dark roasted coffee 120cc
Whipped cream 20cc
※Sprinkle some powdered sugar if desired
Pour coffee into the cup and cover with whipped cream. The Viennese serving method uses a tray with a coaster on it, the coffee cup placed on the coaster, and a sugar water cup with a teaspoon resting on it.
"Coachman Coffee," as the name suggests, is coffee drunk by coachmen. It is said that in the past coachmen often gathered together to drink it, and later it gradually spread. Japanese-style "Vienna Coffee" usually uses a cup with a handle.
4. Zeus Coffee
Ambrosia Coffee
(United States)
Slightly dark roasted coffee 150cc
Italian liqueur 10cc
Brandy 10cc
Ginger powder A pinch
Brandy (for burning) 20cc
Sugar cube One piece
※A deluxe spoon should be used
Pour coffee, Italian liqueur and brandy into the cup, and sprinkle with ginger powder. Lay a teaspoon across the rim of the cup, place a sugar cube on it, drizzle with heated brandy, then ignite. After the flame goes out, gently stir evenly with the teaspoon.
"Zeus" means immortality. This coffee has a richer taste than "Deluxe Coffee."
5. Huastec Coffee
Huasteco
(Mexico)
Dark roasted coffee 75cc
Foamed milk 75cc
Pomegranate juice 10cc
Green peppermint liqueur 20cc
First pour pomegranate juice and green peppermint liqueur into the cup, add whipped milk foam, then hold a teaspoon against the wall of the cup and slowly pour in the coffee, so that the milk and coffee form layers.
Viewed from the side, the four colors of red, green, white and brown are clearly layered, resembling the Mexican flag. Huastec also means the "Aztec" people.
6. Anise Liqueur Coffee
Cafe Anisette
(United States)
Dark roasted coffee 100cc
Anise liqueur 20cc
Whipped cream 20cc
Pour anise liqueur into the cup, pour in coffee, and float whipped cream on the surface.
This is a common drink at American dinner parties. Anise liqueur, also known as white absinthe, belongs to the liqueur category, and drinking it after a meal helps digestion.
7. Alajese Coffee
Cafe a la Jet Set
(France)
Dark roasted coffee 75cc
Cointreau 20cc
Whipped cream 20cc
Orange peel
Pour Cointreau into the cup, pour in coffee, cover the surface with whipped cream, and add a few slices of orange peel.
This is a common drinking style in villages in southern France. When vineyard workers finish work and want some coffee or alcohol, they often order this coffee in town cafes or bars.
8. Vienna Coffee (American Style)
Vienna Coffee(American)
Slightly dark roasted coffee 150cc
Whipped cream 20cc
Powdered sugar 10g
Pour coffee into the cup, float whipped cream on top, and finally sprinkle with powdered sugar.
In Vienna, Austria, there is actually no drink called "Vienna Coffee," but in countries outside Austria, people call coffee with whipped cream "Vienna Coffee." This coffee was introduced to Japan via the United States, and its formal English name is "Vienna Coffee."
9. Kaiser Mixed Coffee
Kaiser Melange
(Austria)
Dark roasted coffee 75cc
Egg yolk One
Granulated sugar 10g
Milk 20cc
Put all ingredients into a pot and heat over low heat while stirring constantly. When the temperature reaches about 70°C, remove from heat and pour into a cup.
It is said that this coffee was once favored by Kaiser Emperor of the Habsburg dynasty. Northern Europeans often add rum or brandy to coffee. To make the coffee rich and tasty, the cooking time should not be too long, because the egg yolk will coagulate after boiling.
10. Arabic Coffee
Cafe Arabe
(Arab countries)
Slightly dark roasted coffee 75cc
Granulated sugar 10g
Cinnamon powder A pinch
Cardamom powder A pinch
Put granulated sugar, cinnamon powder and cardamom powder into the cup, and pour in coffee.
This is a coffee made by the drip method with a modern taste. Its original method was to put coffee powder, cinnamon pieces and cardamom seeds into a special copper or brass pot, then pour in hot water and boil.
11. Olé Coffee
Cafe Ole !
(Mexico)
Slightly dark roasted coffee 75cc
Coffee liqueur 10cc
Tequila 10cc
Whipped cream 20cc
Chocolate shavings One teaspoon
Cinnamon stick One
Pour coffee liqueur and tequila into the cup, and pour in coffee. After floating whipped cream on top, sprinkle with chocolate shavings, and finally insert a cinnamon stick.
"Olé" is the shout made by bullfighters. Although the English pronunciation of "Olé Coffee" is similar to the milk coffee introduced later, they are actually two completely different coffees.
12. Café au Lait
Cafe au Lait
(France)
Dark roasted coffee 200cc
Hot milk 150cc
Prepare two small pots, one holding coffee and one holding milk, together with a cup, and serve all three as a set at the same time.
This is a typical French drinking method, not mixing coffee and milk in the same container, but serving them separately. In terms of the literal meaning of "café au lait," it should be coffee with milk added. Although it is rarely served in pots now, and more often as cup coffee, traditional drinking methods are still used in old-style cafes. In fact, in upper-class households in the past, coffee had to be served in pots, so it can be said that what is still used now is exactly this method.
13. Cocoa Coffee
Cafe Cacao
(Eastern European countries)
Dark roasted coffee 150cc
Cocoa liqueur 15cc
Whipped cream 20cc
Pour coffee and cocoa liqueur into the cup, then float whipped cream on top.
Cocoa liqueur is the liqueur that best matches coffee, and coffee with cocoa is also the most common drinking method in Europe. This coffee can be drunk both hot and cold, so it is especially favored by people in Eastern Europe such as Hungary and Poland.
14. Italian Liqueur Coffee
Caffe Galliano
(Italy, United States)
Dark roasted coffee 100cc
Italian liqueur 20cc
Whipped cream 20cc
Pour Italian liqueur into the cup, pour in coffee, and float whipped cream on the surface.
Italian liqueur is a representative sweet liqueur of Italy and is very popular in the Milan region in the north. The practice of mixing Italian liqueur with coffee can be traced back to the latter half of the 19th century, and it was Italian immigrants living in the United States who popularized this method into a worldwide drink. At the beginning of the 20th century, Italian liqueur coffee suddenly became a hot item in New York.
15. Rio de Janeiro Coffee
Cafe Carioca
(Brazil)
Dark roasted coffee 100cc
Granulated sugar 15g
Rum 15cc
Orange (cut open) 1/4 piece
Whipped cream 20cc
Orange powder A pinch
Put granulated sugar, rum and orange segments into the cup, and pour in coffee. Cover the surface with whipped cream, then sprinkle with orange powder (you may also substitute scraped orange zest).
The characteristic of Rio de Janeiro coffee lies in the blend of orange flavor and cream flavor, bringing a delicious enjoyment.
16. Kahlúa Coffee
Cafe Kahlua
(United States, Mexico)
Dark roasted coffee 150
Coffee liqueur (Mexican coffee liqueur) 20cc
White sugar 10g
Whipped cream 20cc
Put white sugar into the cup, pour in coffee liqueur, pour in coffee, and gently cover the surface with whipped cream (do not stir it into the coffee).
In Mexico, cold coffee is generally poured in, while in Europe and America, hot coffee is poured in.
17. Cardamom Coffee ● Nordic Style
Kaffee Cardamom Scandinavina
(Nordic countries)
Slightly dark roasted coffee 120cc
Cognac or other brandy 15cc
Orange liqueur 10cc
Cardamom 5 seeds
Sugar cubes 2
First warm the cup, cognac and orange liqueur. Pour cognac and orange liqueur into the cup, add cardamom and sugar cubes, then ignite (the room light should be dim). After the alcohol has burned off, pour in the coffee.
Its characteristic is the rich flavor of cardamom. The formal method is to make the amount for 4 or 5 people at once using a large flat-bottomed pan. This coffee is also called "Nordic punch coffee."
18. Apple Brandy Coffee
Cafe Calvados
(France)
Dark roasted coffee 75cc
Apple brandy served alongside 20cc
Place coffee in the cup and apple brandy in a glass.
Apple brandy is actually brandy made from apples. If Germans like to mix coffee with cherry brandy, then French people (especially men) prefer to drink apple brandy and coffee alternately. In Erich Maria Remarque's famous work "Arch of Triumph," co-starring Ingrid Bergman and Charles Boyer, there is a coffee-drinking scene, and what the two drink in the film is precisely apple brandy coffee. In Parisian bars, one can often see people who have finished a day's work drinking apple brandy coffee.
19. Can Coffee
Caffe Cannella
(United States)
Dark roasted coffee 200cc
Cinnamon stick 1
Pour coffee into the cup and insert the cinnamon stick.
Can coffee means pouring coffee into an empty can. Italian immigrants in the United States often drank coffee from empty cans, which was of course also a sign of a low standard of living. Later, after Italian immigrants moved to the western United States, this drinking method was brought to the western frontier, and from this was born the large mug with a handle, showing that this was different from the birth process of the public bar beer mug. Americans still retain the method of drinking coffee using only a cup and no saucer.
20. Kirsch Coffee
Kaffee Kirsch
(Germany, Austria)
Slightly dark roasted coffee 75cc
Kirsch 20cc
Pour coffee into the cup and kirsch into a small glass.
"Kirsch" is the German word for cherry. Its formal name should be "Kirschwasser," that is, cherry brandy. Drinking coffee while sipping cherry liqueur alternately gives a distinctive flavor. Although this alcohol is called cherry brandy, it actually belongs to the liqueur category.
21. Grand Marnier Orange Brandy Coffee
Cafe Grand Marnier
(France, United Kingdom)
Dark roasted coffee 100cc
Grand Marnier orange brandy 20cc
Whipped cream 20cc
Put Grand Marnier orange brandy into the cup, pour in coffee, then cover with whipped cream.
Grand Marnier orange brandy belongs to the orange-flavored liqueur category, and in France and the United Kingdom it is generally mixed into coffee. Especially during meals, it is often drunk as an after-dinner liqueur.
22. Greek-Roman Style Coffee
Caffe Greco Romana
(Greece, Italy)
Dark roasted fine coffee powder 8g
Water 100cc
Orange peel A pinch
Lemon peel A pinch
Orange peel jam served alongside
Use a special coffee pot
Put the coffee powder, water, orange peel and lemon peel into a special coffee pot and heat over fire. As soon as it comes to a boil, immediately remove the pot from the heat, let it sit for about 1 minute, then pour it into a cup and top with orange peel jam.
This is Roman-style Greek coffee. Greeks or Turks usually drink coffee with fruit, and Italy on the Mediterranean coast also has the same custom.
23. Milk Foam Coffee
Cafe Creme (grand tasse)
(France)
Dark roasted coffee 150cc
Foamed milk 80cc
Pour coffee into the cup and pour in milk that has been whipped into foam.
A typical French drinking method. In recent years, café au lait has become less common, replaced by cream coffee. Use a cream whipper to whip the milk into foam; the foamed milk is easy to drink and has a creamy texture. If you order café au lait, this is the coffee the waiter provides.
24. Milk Foam Coffee (Small Cup)
Cafe Creme(petit tasse)
(France)
Dark roasted coffee 75cc
Foamed milk 40cc
Pour coffee into the cup and pour in milk that has been whipped into foam.
It is the most popular coffee among women in French bars. Because this coffee is very small in quantity, cheap and mild in taste. In terms of the French expression, although its name is slightly different from past to present, and some cafes use another expression, in meaning they all refer to a small cup of coffee.
25. Halo Coffee
Cafe Gloria
(France, United States)
Slightly dark roasted coffee 100cc
Brandy 20cc
Sugar cube 1
Orange peel A pinch
Warm the cup, then put in the sugar cube and orange peel, pour in the heated brandy, and ignite. When a pale blue flame appears, pour in the coffee.
This is a simplified way of drinking deluxe coffee, suitable for occasions when only a small amount is drunk after a meal.
26. Cointreau Coffee
Cafe Cointreau
(France)
Dark roasted coffee 100cc
Cointreau 20cc
Whipped cream 20cc
Pour coffee and Cointreau into the cup, then cover with whipped cream.
Cointreau is a liqueur produced in France and belongs to the white orange liqueur category. In the Angers region of western France where this liqueur is brewed, it is customary to mix it into coffee. The coffee mainly served in bars around Montparnasse in Paris is this kind.
Excerpted from "Peninsula Coffee House."
The above content is compiled by CoffeeHunters, a coffee news website.
