Orange Cointreau Coffee
This delicious coffee requires only a few simple ingredients. This freshly brewed coffee (either a French press coffee or strong coffee) is refined with milk foam and Cointreau liqueur, and will warm you up during autumn and winter.
The orange liqueur gives the coffee an intense orange flavor. Perfect for the frosty season.
To intensify the Cointreau flavor, even more, use whipped cream to replace the milk foam.
This delicious alcoholic beverage pairs perfectly with a tasty chocolate Bundt cake or scrumptious Christmas cookies.
🥘 Ingredients
- Coffee – strong. Either a French Press coffee or made with an espresso machine.
- Cointreau – clear, orange-flavored liqueur. You can find a huge variety of orange liqueur at totalwine.com.
- Milk foam or heavy cream – the milk foam can be either hot or cold. The advantage of cold milk is that you get your drink to the right drinking temperature faster.
See the recipe card for quantities.
🔪 Instructions
Let’s start by preparing the coffee. Either in the French Press or the espresso machine. Pour the hot coffee into a heatproof drinking glass.
First the coffee.
Then the orange liqueur.
After that, measure the right amount of Cointreau and pour it into the coffee.
Last but not least, froth the milk well with hot steam from the coffee maker or a small electric hand frother in a milk frothing steel pitcher.
Next, a sip of the unfoamed milk.
Last, a spoonful of milk foam.
Slowly pour a sip of the unfoamed milk into the glass, and then place a spoonful of milk foam on top of your drink.
By following this sequence, you’ll get a beautiful layered pattern.
Serve immediately after mixing.
💭 Top Tip
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🥜 Substitutions
Replace the whipped cream or milk with a lactose-free or vegan product to make this delicious drink more suited to your needs.
Cointreau substitutes
- Triple Sec
- Grand Marnier
- Curaçao
- Combier Liqueur d’Orange
- Orange Extract
- Orange Juice
- Orange Zest
☕️ Variations
We recommend making this hot drink with whipped cream if you prefer a black Cointreau coffee.
Lightly whip the whipped cream and place a dollop of stiffly whipped cream on top of your coffee.
As a result, you no longer have a latte, but an excellent strong black coffee, enhanced with orange liqueur and a fancy whipped cream topping.
The higher fat content of the whipped cream acts as a flavor enhancer, and intensifies your coffee’s sweet orange flavor.
🍽 Equipment
- Heatproof drinking glass
- Milk frother or mixer
- Espresso machine or French Press
- Tablespoon
- Milk frothing steel pitcher
🍸 Known drinks with Cointreau
One of the most popular cocktails with Cointreau is the Cosmopolitan cocktail. A variation of this classic cocktail is our delicious red Halloween cocktail!
🙋🏻 FAQ
Cointreau is a brand of orange liqueur made by the company of the same name. It’s based on a formula created by Adolphe Cointreau in 1875, and it’s one of the oldest liqueurs in existence. The recipe for Cointreau contains only natural ingredients, including sugar, water, alcohol and orange peel.
Yes, you can. Cointreau is a high quality orange liqueur that you can drink on ice or neat.
Cointreau has a light orange flavor with notes of tangerine and vanilla on the nose. It is sweet and citrusy, with a hint of bitterness from the peel. The flavor is similar to Grand Marnier, another popular orange liqueur that was invented around the same time.
Cointreau is most often used as an ingredient in cocktails, but it can also be drunk on the rocks or with soda water as a long drink. The taste of Cointreau is similar to that of Triple Sec, with a slightly more bitter flavor.
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Coffee Cointreau Recipe
Equipment
- Espresso machine or French Press
- Heatproof drinking glass
- Milk frother or mixer
- Tablespoon
Instructions
- Prepare a hot coffee. Either in the French Press or the espresso machine.¾ cup Coffee
- Pour the hot coffee into a heatproof drinking glass.
- Pour 4 cl Cointreau into the coffee.1.5 oz Cointreau
- Froth the milk well with hot steam from the coffee maker or a small electric hand frother in a milk frothing pitcher.½ cup Milk foam
- Slowly pour a sip of the unfoamed milk into the glass and then place a spoonful of milk foam on top of your drink.
- Serve immediately after mixing.
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Nutrition
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⛑️ Food Safety
- Cook to a minimum temperature of 165 °F (74 °C)
- Do not use the same utensils on cooked food, that previously touched raw meat
- Wash hands after touching raw meat
- Don’t leave food sitting out at room temperature for extended periods
- Never leave cooking food unattended
- Use oils with high smoking point to avoid harmful compounds
- Always have good ventilation when using a gas stove
For further information, check Safe Food Handling – FDA.
Such a simple but tasty deluxe coffee! I agree with you that adding a little cream is heaven!
Thank you, Marcellina!
This orange cointreau coffee looks delicious need to try this as I am fan of Cointreau.
Awesome! Let me know how you liked it, Swathi!
Such a delicious way to have coffee. I felt very fancy
Thank you, Megan Ellam! I am happy you liked it!
Of my goodness. I must try this recipe pronto! All of my favorite flavors in one place!
That is awesome, Juyali! Let me know how you liked it!
This coffee recipe looks delicious and I love that it features orange. Such a refreshing drink!