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CAFE OLE




Source of Recipe


Lowery's California






Recipe Introduction


An American manufacturer of packeged foodstuffs, Lowery's used to operate several Los Angeles restaurants. Unfortunately, they closed the "California" some years back. It was the ultimate icon of Southern Calfornia life with adobe buildings surrounding several open-air restaurants, each with their own menu. The center of the place was a beautiful garden of trees, sparkling with lights, and desert flowers. Also unfortunate was the fact their food left a great deal to be desired.However, one thing did stand out. When you were waiting for a table it was the thing to do to order up a Cafe Ole at the bar and sip away until your name was called. Here is the drink's recipe on a per person basis . . .





List of Ingredients



• 10 oz. Hot, freshly brewed coffee
  
• 1 jigger Kahluha or Tia Maria coffee liquor
  
• 1/2 C. Freshly whipped sweet cream
  
• 1 jigger Grand Mariner
  






Instructions



1. Freshly grind and brew (using freshly filtered water) sufficient coffee for all of the Cafes you will need. Each cafe takes 1 1/4 cups of coffee, so if you need 5 Cafes make 5 x 1 1/4 + 1 (for the pot) or 8 cups. for 10 Cafes, 14 cups, et cetera. We prefer an Arabica AA or AAA bean for this. Either caffinated or decaffinated.
   
2. In a 12 ounce brandy sniffter, pour the coffee liquor in first.
   
3. Place a stainless steel dessert/soup spoon into the sniffter and add the hot coffee. CAUTION!!!! The spoon is important. It helps to distribute the coffee's heat and avoids breaking the glass.
   
4. Swirl once to distribute the liquor in the coffee.
   
5. Float the whipped cream on top of the coffee and drizzle the Grand Mariner slowly over the cream.
   
6. Serve at once on a coaster with a plastic straw for swizzling and a pitcher of half-and-half cream on the side for those that like their coffee lighter.
   






Final Comments


This drink is great for warm weather evenings on the patio or by the pool. Just as it is beside the fireplace on a cold and snowy winter night. It's a great pick-me-up in the morning, and adds an air of elegance to that lunchtime Tuna Salad sandwich. In fact, we're going to have one right now!