Coffee Liqueur (Cape Verde Islands) Licor De Cafe

Ingredients

• 1 lb roasted coffee beans
• 1 liter white rum
• 1 lb sugar
• 2 cups water

Directions

1. 1

   Set a few coffee beans aside, then place the rest of the coffee beans into the rum and allow them to infuse for eight days.

2. 2

   Place the sugar in a small saucepan and add the 2 cups of water. Bring to a boil, and cook until you have a thin syrup. allow syrup to chill.

3. 3

   Add the syrup to the coffee mixture, and mix well.

4. 4

   Pour the liqueur off into small decorative bottles.

5. 5

   Add a few coffee beans to each bottle and allow the liquer to age 3 weeks or longer before seving in tiny cordial glasses as an after-dinner drink.