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Six boozy ways with coffee and tea

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Six ways with coffee and tea

Chris MacNeil, the bartender at Suits, the Trump Hotel’s power broker lounge, shares boozy recipes to kick up your next caffeine fix

Six ways with coffee and tea

1 | It’s Chilly This Time of Year (pictured) Scoop a dollop of salted caramel ice cream into a glass mug. Pour two shots espresso and 1 ½ oz Brugal Anejo rum overtop.

2 | Hold the Eggs Blend 1 cup simple syrup with 1 tsp bacon fat to make bacon simple syrup. Rinse martini glass with maple syrup. Shake 4 oz brewed coffee, 2 oz Maker’s Mark, ½ oz milk, ½ tsp bacon simple syrup and 1 tbsp maple syrup with ice. Garnish with a strip of bacon.

3 | Liquid Zen Pour 1 cup hot green tea into a snifter. Add 2 oz sake, 1 lemon grass stalkand 2 tsp fresh grated ginger. Steep for 3 to 4 minutes.

4 | Smoking Jacket Wrap a cigar in cheesecloth and steep overnight in a pitcher of brewed tea. Pour 1 cup tea, 1 oz Grand Marnier and 1 oz Hennessy into a snifter. Garnish with an orange rind.

5 | Tennessee Jim Pour 2 oz Jim Beam bourbon, 2 shots brewed espresso and 3 oz frothed and steamed milk into mug. Drizzle with caramel sauce.

6 | Mexican Chaser Scoop a dollop of vanilla ice cream into a clear cappuccino glass. Pour 2 shots cold espresso, 2 oz Tromba tequila and 2 tbsp agave nectar overtop.

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