Spanish Coffee is the cocktail invented at Huber’s in Portland, Oregon, where they serve about a thousand a week tableside with a flame the size of your wrist.
Why you are pouring this tonight
Spanish Coffee is the cocktail invented at Huber’s in Portland, Oregon, where they serve about a thousand a week tableside with a flame the size of your wrist. Rum, coffee liqueur, hot coffee, and a sugared rim that has been ignited and caramelised before you build the drink.
It is theatrical and, if you do it carelessly, the kind of theatre that ends a dinner party with a fire extinguisher. Read the safety note before you light anything.
What to pour it alongside
End of a heavy dinner. Steak, pasta, anything that wants a digestif and a coffee at once. Replaces dessert.
Notes
Safety: work in a clear space, away from anything overhead, with a fire-safe surface. Never pour from a bottle near a flame. Use a long match. Have a metal lid handy to smother. If you’re nervous, skip the flame, warm the rum first and stir the sugar in directly.
The recipe
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