Auntie Meg's Mocha

Auntie Meg's Mocha Cocktail.  Recipe below.

Auntie Meg wasn’t actually my aunt.  She was the great aunt of a buddy of mine.  She loved to put a "little something" in her coffee every afternoon.

Often times we would find ourselves hanging out at Auntie Meg’s house.

She had a beautiful home with an amazing backyard.  Though she had no visible source of income, Auntie Meg never seemed to want for anything.  Rumor had it that she was a shrewd investor.  She mentioned once that she made a lot of money on Enron stock.  “Got out just in time!” she said.  I always wondered how she knew exactly when to sell that particular investment.

Auntie Meg had a beautiful metallic gold 1968 Cadillac Deville convertible in the garage, though no one ever saw her drive it. 

Her friend Miami would pick her up most afternoons and they would play 18 holes.  Auntie Meg told us that she took up golf at age 60, after her husband passed away in a tragic train accident.  Though she didn’t start golfing until she was 60, she had two hole in ones in her life – the trophies were right there on her mantle!

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Auntie Meg was a well traveled woman, voyaging to Africa, Europe, and the Philippines.  She went to Mexico regularly where she learned to dance the “Jarabe Tapatío”, the “La Conquista” and the “Danza de los Diablos”.  My buddy told me she had a younger lover there.  She would come back with a sketch book full of drawings of her adventures.

As I said, Auntie Meg loved to put a little “something” in her coffee, which inspired me to create this delicious cocktail featuring RumChata and Cold Brew Coffee.  It has a little Tequila, in tribute to Auntie Meg’s travels in Mexico.  The Nutmeg is fragrant and vibrant.  The coffee beans on top also add to the overall experience by adding a strong coffee aroma.

We all had families and mortgages and grown-up-jobs when she finally passed away at 99. All our friends that used hang around at Auntie Meg’s house came for the funeral.  Some flew from far away to be there. The whole town attended.  The church was standing room only.
 
We hung around after...drinking coffee with a little something in it, toasting to Auntie Meg’s adventurous life.

Auntie Meg's Mocha
Original Cocktail by Brian Weber

     Recipe:

• 1.75 oz RumChata
• .75 oz  100% Agave Silver Tequila
• .5 oz Coffee Liqueur
• .5 oz Half & Half (or Light Cream)
• ½ Barspoon Pure Vanilla Extract *
• Pinch of Sea Salt (fine texture) **
• Garnish:  Freshly Grated Nutmeg & 3 Coffee Beans

     Method:
Shake all ingredients vigorously with ice.  Strain into a Double Old Fashioned glass containing one large ice cube.  Grate Fresh Nutmeg on top.  Add 3 Coffee Beans.

*  The Sea Salt must have a fine texture to be incorporated into the drink.  If your salt is too coarse, you can dissolve it in a little hot water to create a saline solution.

**  I created my own Vanilla Extract by soaking vanilla beans in vodka for a week.  Please do not use Imitation Vanilla Extract!

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