I love the Pumpkin Spice Flavored Coffee that is sold at this time of the year. But, drinking too many of them can really put a hole in my pocket!
So I made my own! When I brew coffee, I added a teaspoon ( or more) of Pumpkin Pie Spice to the coffee grounds! Turned out pretty good. Not quite the same, but close enough. And there was a whole pot of brewed pumpkin spice coffee for nearly next to nothing. I already had the spice in my cabinet, and was going to brew coffee anyway.
Your taste may require more spice than I did. Enjoy.
By Barbara Petty from East Tennessee
Here are the questions asked by community members. Read on to see the answers provided by the ThriftyFun community.
I love flavored coffee and was wondering if anyone had an inexpensive way to flavor just regular ground coffee. I know you can add cinnamon but I don't know how much to add or if you can add other stuff. So if you know please let me know, I would be ever so grateful.
By Rhonda from Three Rivers, MI
After I put the coffe grounds in the basket, I like to add a capful of vanilla...(French) I have lightly sprinkled cinnamon over the grounds... (Mexican). I have also used orange flavouring or dried orange zest sprinkled on the grounds. Another really tasty and easy mocha drink is to brew your coffee, put a package of instant hot chocolate in your cup, add just a little hot coffee and stir to a mud-like state and then fill with coffee.
Add a little bit of extract (whatever flavor you like) to the brew basket. Experiment to find the flavors you like. You can also add a little bit of brown sugar to the pot before you brew the coffee. As the coffee brews, it will melt the brown sugar and you'll get a sort of toffee coffee.
Do you have a Smart and Final store in your area? They have rows of bottles of flavorings used in the trendy coffee/tea houses.Davinci Gourmet sugar free syrup is one,directions on the bottle. They were about $3.99 when I bought some.They were also sold at TJ Max for about $6.00.
I made flavored coffees just a couple of years ago for christmas I took one small can of coffee and add one whole bottle of Black Walnut Flaworing and half a bottle of Almond. I mixed it well and filled jars with it and let them set for a couple of weeks. Everyone that I gave them too raved. I don't drink coffee so I don't know but I figure I got to glass canisters from one can of coffee so the cost was about three dollars for the two canisters of flavored coffee.
I just started doing the cinnamon in our coffee. I began with just a little bit sprinkled on the grounds & with each pot added more till I reached the right amount of flavor that we liked.
For my 4 cup machine, I add approximately 1 - 1.5 tsp of vanilla extract to the dry grounds and then turn the machine on. Sometimes I add a few drops right into my mug instead (say, if I use a French Roast or anything other than regular).
Same goes for almost any flavored extract.
I buy whole bean coffee; when I grind it, I toss in toasted almonds and dried blueberries, then add a sprinkle of cinnamon (you can use a small piece of cinnamon stick or a few cloves) and brew. I also use dried orange zest or toasted hazelnuts and a bit of vanilla (I haven't tried using the vanilla bean itself yet). The flavor is not as intense as, say, flavored syrup, but I don't like the flavoring to overpower the coffee. I've used the ground coffee mixture in a drip-style coffee maker, a French press and a stovetop expresso maker (this last one gives the strongest flavor).
After putting ground coffee into the basket, I add 1/4 t. cocoa powder per cup of coffee I'm brewing and lightly mix it in. The cocoa enhances the coffee flavor without making it overly chocolate-tasting.
I need some simple quick recipes for flavored coffee? I am not wanting the flavored instant stuff they sell, but real coffee.
By Randa Wagner
If you like french vanilla coffee you can add a couple of drops of vanilla extract to the coffee pot before you brew your coffee. It's a great taste.
You could use a drop or two of almond, amaretto, hazelnut, orange, or vanilla extract or any other flavor your heart might desire to your regular coffee and tea.
You can also add a teaspoon (for 4 cup coffeemakers) or a tablespoon (for 8 cup coffeemakers) of cinnamon to your coffee grounds. Mix it up with the grounds before brewing.
You can add or reduce the amount to your taste after you brewed your first pot.
MaryAnn
For French Vanilla flavored coffee I mix coffee creamer with instant French Vanilla pudding mix. You can use the sugar free,fat free kind. Experiment with the amount of puddding mix to the creamer and adjust it to your taste. I make some as Christmas gifts. This way there is no oily residue in your coffee.
I saw somewhere that you can add cinnamon and/or cocoa to coffee. Is there a recipe to do so?
To the coffee grounds or to the prepared coffee? I like Mexican style mochas:
6 ounces prepared coffee
1 Tbsp cocoa powder
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 Tbsp heavy cream
I posted my recipe here: www.thriftyfun.com/
These are my two favorites to go into coffee and often together! YUM!!
I do not use a recipe. What I do if it is just one cup is I split a packet of hot chocolate mix or melt a dozen or so chocolate chips or pour a healthy squirt of chocolate syrup into my coffee and then sprinkle enough cinnamon to cover the top.
NOTE--for the cocoa--I make sure the coffee is extra hot, put the cocoa in the mug first, pour in a little very hot coffee, stir it up very good until dissolved, then pour in the rest of the cup.
For the chocolate chips, I melt them in the microwave for 2-10 seconds, then stir in the hot coffee (just a little) make sure they are fully mixed, then add the rest of the coffee.
The chocolate syrup can go in at any time and I do the cinnamon on top and then stir it down.
It is all by taste, so I love lots...you may do best with 1/4 packet of the mix or a few drops of syrup or a few chips and a quick sprinkle of cinnamon.
My hubby can't have chocolate (allergy), but he often puts a few shakes of cinnamon into the grounds and brews it into the coffee. That is a good way to do it also--again--it is to taste--he uses 2-3 shakes, when I do it, I do 4-5 (I like it strong).
Hope you enjoy your treat!!
