Mad Scientist Coffee Recipe
Jun. 1st, 2009 06:43 pmGet a Stovetop vacuum brewer.
Get a couple of boxes of Bengal Spice Tea
Grind up the coffee. I recommend light roast. It not only tastes better, it has more caffeine.
Place ground coffee in upper part of the vacuum pot (balance it on something like a dish rack). Add the contents of one bag of Bengal Spice to the ground coffee. You can also add other flavors like chai, which go well with coffee and cinnamon. Don't add the paper bag - just the contents of the bags - the grounds will not get into the coffee due to the nature of the vacuum pot.
Boil the water in the lower part of the vacuum pot.
Lower the heat to a bare simmer. Any more will cause the vacuum pot to become too frisky. Brew up the coffee in the vacuum pot and simmer for three minutes. Watch as the water rises up into the upper chamber.
Let the vacuum pot cool. Watch and listen as the water is forced into the lower chamber by cooling action.
You can now do several things:
Add a teabag of Bengal Spice to a cup of hot coffee for extra cinnamon flavor
Drink as is for a touch of cinnamon (enough to slightly mellow but not overpower
Put in the refrigerator with a couple of bags of Bengal Spice in it to infuse overnight for an iced cinnamon kick...
It's rather versatile, and delicious. You can use a tea of choice in place of Bengal spice, and experiment with various flavors.
Get a couple of boxes of Bengal Spice Tea
Grind up the coffee. I recommend light roast. It not only tastes better, it has more caffeine.
Place ground coffee in upper part of the vacuum pot (balance it on something like a dish rack). Add the contents of one bag of Bengal Spice to the ground coffee. You can also add other flavors like chai, which go well with coffee and cinnamon. Don't add the paper bag - just the contents of the bags - the grounds will not get into the coffee due to the nature of the vacuum pot.
Boil the water in the lower part of the vacuum pot.
Lower the heat to a bare simmer. Any more will cause the vacuum pot to become too frisky. Brew up the coffee in the vacuum pot and simmer for three minutes. Watch as the water rises up into the upper chamber.
Let the vacuum pot cool. Watch and listen as the water is forced into the lower chamber by cooling action.
You can now do several things:
Add a teabag of Bengal Spice to a cup of hot coffee for extra cinnamon flavor
Drink as is for a touch of cinnamon (enough to slightly mellow but not overpower
Put in the refrigerator with a couple of bags of Bengal Spice in it to infuse overnight for an iced cinnamon kick...
It's rather versatile, and delicious. You can use a tea of choice in place of Bengal spice, and experiment with various flavors.