Coffee with cognac is perhaps the most successful energy cocktail created by man.
With proper preparation, he not only invigorates, but also cheers up.
We all heard about this drink, but few know how to drink it. Coffee with cognac significantly reduces pressure, which is important.
In the article we will figure out in what proportions you need to prepare a drink, what are its advantages and disadvantages.
The benefits of the drink
Properly prepared and consumed in small doses coffee with cognac can be beneficial for the body:
- Enhances mindfulness.
- It has a positive effect on performance.
- Useful for people with low blood pressure.
- Enhances blood circulation.
- Improves the quality of sleep.
- Restores strength.
- Helps fight colds.
The benefits of coffee with cognac are determined by the ingredients that are used to make it. An important feature: you need to take only natural coffee beans and high quality cognac.
Another plus of the drink is that it reduces headache and helps slow down cell aging.
It can also be used in cosmetology in the manufacture of hair masks. To coffee with a skate, you need to add a chicken egg, mix and rub into the scalp. This therapy strengthens the hair follicles and gives the hair a healthy look.
disadvantages
Like any other drink consumed in large doses, coffee with cognac can be harmful to the body.
It can appear in the following:
- Flatulence and colic.
- Disruption of the cardiovascular system.
- Removes calcium from the body.
- Causes depletion of the nervous system.
When using coffee and brandy, tooth enamel deteriorates separately.
The history of the emergence of a coffee cocktail
The drink has many different names. Perhaps the most famous is “French”.
This is because the French were the first to notice how perfectly these two ingredients combine. In addition to the classic name, the drink is known as "Roman", "Russian", "African" and many others. It all depends on the country where it is prepared.
How to drink coffee with cognac
Real gourmets drink it leisurely, enjoying every sip.
You can drink coffee with milk in two variations:
- Both ingredients are prepared separately and drunk alternately.
- The ingredients are mixed to make a coffee shake.
In both cases, brown sugar is added to eliminate the bitter taste.
In the first case, you need to make coffee. Cognac cool. Take a sip in turn: first one drink, then another.
In the second case, brew coffee and pour in chilled cognac. Proportions of coffee with cognac in a classic version:
- Two hundred milliliters of water.
- A teaspoon of ground coffee.
- As much brown sugar.
- Thirty milliliters of brandy.
To make coffee in the usual way in a Turk. After filtering through a sieve. Dissolve sugar and add cognac.
In various variations of the drink, you can add other ingredients.
French coffee and cognac recipe
Cooking based on one serving.
Ingredients:
- Twenty milliliters of brandy.
- A tablespoon of fresh sour cream.
- Two hundred milliliters of brewed coffee.
- A spoonful of powdered sugar.
- Vanillin, lemon zest, ground walnut. These ingredients add to taste.
Beat sour cream separately with powdered sugar and vanilla until a thick foam is formed.
Brew coffee in a Turk, strain and add cognac.
Gently spread the cream mass with a teaspoon on top. Sprinkle with ground walnuts and lemon zest.
Recipe with orange
Ingredients:
- Ready espresso - one stick.
- A pinch of cinnamon.
- Brown sugar to taste.
- Three hundred milliliters of cognac.
- Juice from half an orange.
- Cloves to taste.
To prepare this alcoholic drink, you need to take a glass with a deep bottom.
Rinse and dry the orange. Grate lemon zest on a fine grater.
In the stewpan put the zest of orange, cloves, sugar, cinnamon stick. Mix everything with orange juice and cognac. Heat over low heat to 60 degrees.
Separately prepare espresso and add to the saucepan to the rest of the ingredients. Do not boil.
Pour the contents into a glass and sprinkle with the remaining orange zest.
Energy drink
To make this cocktail, you need to add cola to the main ingredients. Coffee with cognac in this version is very invigorating and energizing, increases pressure and strengthens the heartbeat. Therefore, people suffering from hypertension are strictly forbidden to drink a drink with alcohol and cola.
Ingredients:
- Serving espresso.
- Thirty milliliters of brandy.
- Three hundred milliliters of cola.
Make coffee. Mix cognac with cola until foam. Pour in coffee. A light tonic drink is ready to drink.
African coffee
Another recipe for making coffee with cognac.
Ingredients:
- One and a half teaspoons of ground coffee.
- Half a teaspoon of cocoa powder.
- A pinch of cinnamon.
- One teaspoon of granulated sugar.
- One hundred milliliters of water.
- Two teaspoons of brandy.
Pour coffee, cocoa cinnamon into a small stewpan. Fill everything with water. Bring to a boil and simmer for about two minutes.
After pouring liquid into a glass, add cognac and sugar.
Delicious coffee with roasted sugar
Ingredients:
- Two hundred milliliters of water.
- A teaspoon of ground coffee.
- Fifty milliliters of brandy.
- Brown sugar to taste.
We make coffee in Turk. Meanwhile, we heat cognac on fire. Melt the sugar. Dissolve it in cognac and add to coffee. Make sure that the liquid does not boil.
Remove the coffee from the heat and pour into a mug.
Viennese coffee
To prepare this gourmet drink you need to spend a little more time than usual.
Ingredients:
- One hundred milliliters of water.
- A teaspoon of ground coffee.
- Three teaspoons of sugar.
- A pair of clove inflorescences.
- The fourth part of cinnamon sticks. Cut along.
- Twenty five milliliters of brandy.
- Lemon zest.
To make coffee in a Turk, not bringing to a boil.
The remaining ingredients - sugar, cinnamon, cloves and lemon zest - put in a saucer, pour cognac and set fire to. Cognac should quickly ignite and immediately go out. After all, strain through a sieve.
Pour coffee into a mug and add filtered alcohol to it.