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Default Coffee with Liquor - What is good?


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>I went to a local bar during very cold weather and asked for a coffee.
> The bartender said they have a coffee maker but no one ever drinks
> coffee in a bar. I said they should have it during cold weather and add
> liquor. A couple people in there said they would like to try that, so
> the bartender made a pot of coffee. However she had no idea what
> liquors go in coffee. I told her I have used peppermint schnapps, so
> that is what I had. A few other people had the same, and that is a good
> mix.
> One guy wanted Jack Daniels. He said it was good. I dont like whisky,
> so that was not for me.
>
> I was also thinking Anisette and Bailys Irish Cream as possible ones to
> try. Then there is that stuff called Fireball, it tastes like "red hot"
> candy,(Cinnamon). Not sure if that would be good or not?
>
> What other liquors go good in coffee?
>
> I'm thinking that some whipping cream on top would add to it too.
>

I knew a bar (near an open market) where they always had a big copper kettle
of water on the bar, bubbling away over a small burner. The market traders
would go in and order a hot rum to warm up.
I wouldimagine that rum would go well in hot coffee.