Here are some of our favorite recipes that go great with Higher Grounds fair trade coffee and good ole organic ingredients whenever possible!

Calypso Fair Trade Coffee

• 1 1/2 ounce black rum
• 3/4 dark creme de cacao
• 1 cup hot black coffee
• Whipped cream
• Cinnamon

In coffee cup mix rum and creme de cacao. Fill with hot fair trade coffee. Top with whipped cream and sprinkle with cinnamon.

Cinnamon Delight

• 4 cups water
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1/3 cup dark brown sugar
• 4 tbs ground coffee
• 2 cloves

Boil water with cinnamon and cloves. Reduce heat to simmer and dissolve sugar in water. Add ground fair trade coffee and simmer an additional 5 minutes. Strain all through fine sieve before serving.

Coffee with a kick! (Snow Cap)

• 1 oz coffee liqueur
• 1 tsp. chocolate syrup
• 1 cup hot coffee
• 1/2 oz brandy
• 1 dash ground cinnamon
• Whipped cream

Stir together liqueur, syrup and brandy. Pour in fair trade coffee and stir again. Then top with whipped cream and cinnamon and enjoy!

Café Mexicano

• 3/4 oz. Tequila
• 3/4 oz. Kahlua
• Coffee
• 1/2 cup heavy cream, whipped

Add liquor to a heated cup, fill with fair trade coffee, and then top off with whipped cream.

El Verdadero Café Fuerte

• 1-1/2 ounce dark rum
• Hot coffee
• Whipped cream

In a mug, pour rum and hot fair trade coffee. Top with whipped cream and sit back...

Iced Fair Trade Chocolate Latte

• A tall glass filled with ice
• 4-5 oz. of double-brewed coffee
• 2 tbsp. sugar
• A good long squirt of chocolate syrup
• 1/4-1/2 cup of whole milk (as much or as little as you like)
• Whipped cream (optional)
• Cinnamon (optional)

Start with making some strong fair trade coffee by brewing 6-7 oz. of coffee and then pouring it back into your coffee maker and brewing it again. This may not be good for some coffee makers. You will lose some water in the process, producing 4-5 oz. of coffee. I recommend French Vanilla or Crème Brùlèe for the organic coffee flavors. Add the sugar, syrup, and the milk to the organic coffee; stir well (I find that this order works best). Pour the organic coffee over the ice in a tall glass and top with whipped cream or foamed milk; lastly, sprinkle a dash of cinnamon on top.

Kiss Goodnight

• 1 oz. Irish whiskey
• ½ oz. creme de cacao (white)
• ½ oz. creme de menthe (green)
• 4 oz. hot coffee
• Whipped cream
• A piece of chocolate

Combine the whiskey, creme de menthe and creme de cacao into a wineglass, add the fair trade coffee, top with whipped cream.

Mint Mocha Frapachino

• 1/2 cup double-brewed coffee
• 2-3 cups crushed ice
• 1 cup milk
• 2-3 squirts of chocolate syrup
• 3 small mint patties
• 1 tbs sugar

Make your coffee. With the sugar in it, put it in the freezer for about 30 minutes. Put the peppermint patties in the microwave for about 20-30 seconds, then add about 4-5 tbs of milk, and mix it together, put it back in the microwave for another 10 seconds. Now take the liquid part and pour it into the chilled fair trade coffee. Take your fair trade coffee and pour into a blender along with the milk, chocolate syrup, and ice, and blend till smooth.

Simply Savory

• 1 oz Kahlua
• 1 oz rum
• Hot coffee

Pour Kahlua and rum into a cup. Fill the rest of the cup with fair trade coffee. To treat yourself, top with whipped cream and add brown sugar to your taste.

Snow Mocha (non-alcoholic)

• 2.5 cup black organic coffee - brew a little bit stronger than you would usually drink
• 2/3 cup milk
• 1-1/2 tbsp of brown sugar (darker is better)
• 5 tbsp of chocolate syrup
• 1/4 tsp of cinnamon

Brew the fair trade coffee and freeze it solid. Once it is frozen, put the milk, chocolate syrup, brown sugar, and cinnamon into a blender. Blend ingredients until well mixed. Place the blender into the freezer to chill. Do not let it freeze solid. Meanwhile, remove the frozen coffee and chip it into small slivers. An ice shaver does this really well. Take out the blender and add the shaved coffee to it. Blend the mixture until it is completely blended. You may have to help the blender out by stirring the top portion of the mix. Place blender back into freezer to chill some more. Serves 2 large (drinking glass) servings, or 4 small (coffee mug) size servings.