Authentic Café de Olla

🧂 Ingredients

• 9 cups filtered water
• 9 tablespoons Mexican coffee beans
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 2 star anise
• 3 cloves
• ½ cone of piloncillo

  or ⅔ cup brown sugar
• 1-2 squares of semi-sweet chocolate

  optional

Instructions

• 1 Begin by adding water, cinnamon sticks, star anise, cloves, piloncillo/brown
  sugar, and optional chocolate square(s) to a large cooking pot.
• 2 Bring mixture to a boil.
• 3 Turn heat off and skim the foam off the top of the mixture.
• 4 Stir in coffee grounds and let soak for 5 minutes with heat off — remove from
  heat if necessary to ensure the mix doesn't return to a boil.
• 5 Strain coffee using a fine strainer or cheesecloth. You can also use a French
  press to separate coffee grounds and spices from the liquid.
• 6 Serve hot.

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