Coffee cocktail
Mexican coffee
Hot coffee with coffee liqueur, tequila and cream.
Where it came from
United States
20th century
Mexican coffee is a North American restaurant cocktail built from tequila, coffee liqueur and cream. The name signals its flavours more than a single Mexican origin.
Make it at home
Starting recipe
You'll need
- Brewed coffee
- 120 g
- Tequila + liqueur
- 30 ml
- Milk foam
- cream top
- 01
Build
Stir hot coffee with tequila and coffee liqueur, then top with cream.
- 02
Serve
Serve immediately and adjust sweetness or dilution to taste.
At a café
Recipes and café sizes vary. Use this as the clearest starting point, then make it yours.