Spiced Sweet Mexican Coffee
Café de Olla
Recipe Yield
6 servings
Cooking time
15 minutes
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Ingredients
- 8 cups water
- 6 tablespoons coarsely ground dark-roasted coffee beans
- 8 tablespoons grated or finely chopped piloncillo or dark brown sugar or to taste
- 1 ceylon or true cinnamon stick
To Prepare
- Bring the water to a rolling boil in a pot. Reduce the heat to low and add the coffee, piloncillo and cinnamon stick. Simmer partially covered for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, then turn off the heat and let sit, covered, for 5 minutes.
- Strain through a fine sieve or cheesecloth and serve. Alternatively, remove the cinnamon stick and pour the drink into a French press; press down on the plunger and serve.
Comments
43comments inSpiced Sweet Mexican Coffee
Barbara Roberson
Dec 31
Sounds delicious! I am going to try making coffee this way! I do add cinnamon to my coffee sometimes, and always when I am in Mexico.
Pati Jinich
Jan 02
Hope you like my Cafe de Olla Barbara 🙂
Addy Vandulek
Dec 29
Querida Paty
Eres todo un orgullo de nuestra comida mexicana. La has puesto muy en alto. Ahora la gente que te ve en el canal de PBS en tu programa semanal se da cuenta de lo rica que es nuestra cultura y de la deliciosa comida que nos ensenas paso a paso a preparar.
Gracias por todas tus recetas. Yo no me fallo ninguno de tus programas y tambien recibo tus e-mails.
Muchisimas gracias. Ojala que nunca cambies tu manera de ser pues somos muy afortunadas de tenerte
Pati Jinich
Jan 02
Addy, mil gracias por tus lindas palabras, significan mucho para mi! Te mando un abrazote 🙂
Anonymous
Dec 21
Pati, muchas gracias por compartir tu lista de Spotify. Y gracias por tu mensaje reciente. Sentí tu espíritu de encouragement a través de tu mensaje. Felices fiestas para ti y tu linda familia.
Pati Jinich
Dec 26
Mil gracias y lo mismo para ti y la tuya!
Jackie O
Dec 21
That coffee looks delicious!! The mug itself makes me want it even more.
Pati Jinich
Dec 26
Enjoy it!
Barbara Day
Nov 25
Hi Pati,
Happy Thanksgiving! Muchas gracias for posting your “Mexican-American Thanksgiving” recipes – I’m having fun perusing them. Was curious about this spicy coffee recipe. I often put a sprinkling of cinnamon in my coffee and I think it adds a lot. Will have to try using the combination of brown sugar and cinnamon although I sometimes use turbinado sugar, which is close less refined and fairly close to brown sugar although perhaps not quite as sweet. Still very good though!
Thanks again and I hope you and your lovely family have a safe and happy Thanksgiving and holiday season. Take care!
Best,
Barbara Day
Pati Jinich
Dec 28
Thanks for the good wishes Barbara, same to you and your loved ones 🙂
Ashley
Nov 10
This coffee is AMAZING!!!!!!! The smell of it simmering on the stove sent me down memory lane. It’s like I was transported back to my abuela’s kitchen and I was a little girl again! I will definitely be making this again!
Pati Jinich
Nov 11
Aw what a lovely evocative memory, Ashley! Love it!
Gabriela
Jul 13
I love this coffee it’s absolutely my favorite! And it’s great iced in the summer too. Thanks Pati!!
Pati Jinich
Jul 15
I hope you enjoy it all summer, Gabriela!
Anna
Jan 28
Love your show and recipes!
Pati
Jan 28
Thank you Anna!
Jaime Muñoz
Nov 26
Cafe de olla mmmm exquisito!
Pati
Nov 27
🙂
Doug Sturdivant
Nov 23
MMMMMMM, I can almost smell the aroma !
Pati
Nov 27
Such a good smell!!!
Yajaira
Mar 05
I love watching your show for the history of Mexican cuisine, your family dynamic, and the recipes! This is the first recipe that I’ve tried and it is great! I will definitely try more!
Pati
Mar 06
I super happy to hear that Yajaira!
Sharon Wanzer
Oct 13
Do you percolate the coffee in a basket it just put the ground coffee, cinnamon stick and sugar in the stove top coffee pot without the basket?
Thank you so much
Pati
Oct 15
Put the ground coffee in the pot and strain after boiling! =) Let me know how it turns out!
Cody Burgin
Oct 01
I have never seen the show, just late night googling recipes I wanted to try. After finding your site you better believe you have a new viewer. Thank you from Chef Burgin!
Pati
Oct 04
Oh! Happy you found me on your internet search!
ivan carlon
Feb 28
Thank you pati for your delightful dishes I enjoy your show- from morelia,michuacan
Pati
Mar 03
Thank you, Ivan!
jaci from Missouri
Jan 25
Pati!!!!!!! We luv your show!!!! My boyfriend and I are FOODIES to the max. This looks soooooo good. Thank you for your great show and for introducing us to the most amazing recipes. Paul and Jaci from Imperial MO
Pati
Jan 28
Thank you!!
Clara
Jan 20
Oh my gosh! this is sooo good!
Pati
Jan 22
So happy you tried it, Clara!
Tracey Petersen
Aug 16
Hi Pati,
First, I have to say thank you for the wonderful world you have introduced me, and many others to. Second, I found a small shortcut for this amazing coffee; only because I am addicted to my “pre-set” time option for brewing coffee on my coffee maker. I add the canela and piloncillo to the pot of my Mr Coffee and when it brews (I have to set the time for 5:30 a.m. oy!) it (almost) makes an instant Spiced Sweet Mexican coffee. It isn’t quite as good as using the traditional method, but it is a close second, and a fabulous thing to wake up to. I spoil myself by doing the traditional method on weekends. Thanks again!!!
p.s. I am making shrimp cocktail pacifico tomorrow for my “stereotypical” beef and potato eating, mid-western neighbors…they will see the error in their ways after eating that yummy dish. 🙂
Lee
Apr 19
Hey Patti! We adore using your wonderful recipes here at our ministry ranch! My husband loves to cook mexican and you have inspired some new ideas! We are trying your french toast for Easter! Can’t wait!!! God’s blessings to you and your family.
Lee and Dan
Pati
Apr 19
Thanks for your message, Lee! So happy to hear
Patty
Apr 09
Hi Pati, do you put the coffee beans in the press? I don’t have one, but will get one to try this. So you leave the beans kind of chunky? Grind them in a spice blender? Thank you.
Pati
Apr 09
Hola Patty, Yes, grind the beans in spice grinder.
Debra Becker
Mar 17
We love your show and recipes.
Pati
Mar 17
Thank you for tuning in!
Wanda
Mar 08
I love the show, it’s unique and fun, can the coffe be made in a French press coffee pot?
Pati
Mar 09
Thanks, Wanda! Yes it can, absolutely. Once it has simmered, remove the cinnamon stick, pour onto coffee press, and press on…
teresa woods ricks
Feb 22
I enjoy your show, and you make cooking Mexican very easy. Thank you
Pati
Feb 23
Thank YOU for watching, Teresa!