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Winter Coffee Recipe: Star Anise and Cinnamon Spiced Coffee

  • Español
Portions: 6 servings

Calories: 220kcal

This spiced winter coffee is the love child of coffee and tea: start with great ground coffee beans, mixed with great aromatic spices, and served warm topped with whipped cream. It almost felt sinful as I sipped it, but oh so comforting.

Why I ❤️ it • Recipe • Ingredients • Preparation

Spiced winter coffee.

Spiced winter coffee.

Why I ❤️ it

If there is any clear division in the world it has to be between tea and coffee drinkers.  Coffee, however, is my poison of choice. And since I love spices (who doesn't?!), and adding spices to my daily Dominican coffee is a custom I keep, it was a natural progression to add more to a drink that revitalizes and comforts us.

You're going to love this winter spiced coffee recipe, and starting your morning with this billion-dollar drink. Just try it and you'll agree with me. This is like none of the coffee drinks you can find at the mermaid coffee shop [wink, wink].

Spiced winter coffee recipe

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Learn how to make this wonderfully comforting spiced winter coffee: topped with cream, spiced with star anise and cinnamon, sprinkled with and cocoa, well, maybe I should let you try for yourself.

Course: Drinks
Inspiration: Middle-Eastern
Category: spiced winter coffee, winter coffee recipe, winter spiced coffee, winter spiced coffee recipe
Author: Clara González

Prep Time5 mins
Cook Time20 mins
Total Time25 mins

Utensils and tools

  • Large saucepan (2 liters)
  • Electric mixer
  • French coffee press
Spiced winter coffee.
Spiced winter coffee.

Ingredients

  • 5 cardamom pods, a bit crushed
  • 2 cinnamon sticks
  • 2 star anise
  • 1 quart water [2 liter]
  • ½ cup heavy cream
  • ⅓ cup powdered white sugar to whip the cream
  • 1 cup freshly-ground coffee beans
  • ⅓ cup brown sugar (optional, you may use your favorite sweetener, or none)
  • 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder

Preparation

Before starting, please make sure you have all the ingredients and utensils ready.

Step 1

In a large saucepan, combine cinnamon sticks, cardamom seeds, star anise and 1 quart water [2 liter]. Simmer over very low heat until the liquid has reduced to half.

Strain and discard all the solids, careful not to scald yourself.

Step 2

In the meantime, whip the heavy cream with the mixer wire attachment at medium-high speed until it forms soft peaks (1 ½ minutes).

Add powdered sugar and whisk until it forms firm peaks (2-3 mins).

Step 3

Add the ground coffee to the bottom of the french press, and add the boiling liquid you just strained.

Let it rest for 30 seconds, then press.

Step 4

Pour the coffee into 6 tall glasses and add brown sugar to taste. Top with a swirl of cream, and sprinkle with cocoa.

Serve right away with a coffee stirrer or spoon.

Variations

You can make this without sugar, if you prefer your coffee strong and unsweetened, it's a a great winter coffee drink on its own: half tea, half coffee.

You can also sprinkle with some powdered cinnamon in addition to the cocoa, or you can drizzle it with dark chocolate syrup if you have any.

Top tips

French press yields a great, strong, foamy coffee, and it is the safest way to use this flavored water.

I do not recommend this recipe with an Italian espresso maker (moka) or an electric coffee maker, those require you to use clean water.

Star anise and cinnamon spiced winter coffee.
Star anise and cinnamon spiced winter coffee.

Nutritional information

Calories: 220kcal - Carbohydrates: 31g - Protein: 1g - Fat: 7g - Saturated Fat: 5g - Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.4g - Monounsaturated Fat: 2g - Cholesterol: 22mg - Sodium: 11mg - Potassium: 79mg - Fiber: 1g - Sugar: 28g - Vitamin A: 294IU - Vitamin C: 1mg - Calcium: 42mg - Iron: 1mg

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FAQs

What is winter coffee?

Winter coffee is a spiced hot coffee drink. It may combine different ingredients depending on the recipe.

How to make a perfect cup coffee in winter?

This winter spiced coffee has many of the aromatic spices we associate with winter in a hot cup of brewed coffee topped with whipped cream and cocoa.

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Star Anise and Cinnamon Spiced Winter Coffee

Ingredients

  • 5 cardamom pods a bit crushed
  • 2 cinnamon sticks
  • 2 star anise
  • 1 quart water [2 liter]
  • ½ cup heavy cream
  • ⅓ cup powdered white sugar to whip the cream
  • 1 cup freshly-ground coffee beans
  • ⅓ cup brown sugar optional, you may use your favorite sweetener, or none
  • 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder

Instructions

  • In a large saucepan, combine cinnamon sticks, cardamom seeds, star anise and 1 quart water [2 liter]. Simmer over very low heat until the liquid has reduced to half.
    Strain and discard all the solids, careful not to scald yourself.
  • In the meantime, whip the heavy cream with the mixer wire attachment at medium-high speed until it forms soft peaks (1 ½ minutes).
    Add powdered sugar and whisk until it forms firm peaks (2-3 mins).
  • Add the ground coffee to the bottom of the french press, and add the boiling liquid you just strained.
    Let it rest for 30 seconds, then press.
  • Pour the coffee into tall glasses and add brown sugar to taste. Top with a swirl of cream, and sprinkle with cocoa.
    Serve right away with a coffee stirrer.

Originally published on Nov 27, 2013

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Comments

  1. Amy

    November 22, 2020 at 12:53 pm

    5 stars
    I won’t to try everything yes amazing .

    Reply
  2. Tony

    February 13, 2019 at 4:34 pm

    Fabuloso! Tony Aristy, USA

    Reply
  3. Nancy L. Spoolman

    January 31, 2017 at 6:39 pm

    5 stars
    Hi there! I tried your recipe like it was. I left it out. First off, I liked it and it was very different, but I did change numerous things this second time. The cardamom and anise was way too much for me. I also found my beans didn't give off enough coffee flavor. So, here are the things I changed. I cut it down to 1 cup instead of two as my hubby won't drink coffee. (Sad, I know!) I made a strong 1/4 cup of coffee (Papua New Guinea PB). I added a half a cup of milk, too. I put in 1 cardamom pod, crushed and a quarter piece of anise. I then used 1/4 cup water. I added the brown sugar (1 tsp.) to it also. Next time I will cut the brown sugar. Heat all of above until boiling slightly. I let it simmer for a good 5-10 minutes.In my cup I added 1 tsp of real vanilla (from Mexico). TTopped with a squirt of Redi-Whip and the cocoa and cinnamon. Oh my gosh! It was delicious! I might add one more cardamom in it, but the anise was enough for me.

    Nanc

    Coffee is my passion and I am always trying to come up with new recipes. I have compiled a bunch of them on my website, under iced coffee. Many contained sweetened condensed milk and I dislike that so I came up with different types of sweeteners or milk. Thanks so much for this one! I've never had cardamom or anise before and had to go find it!

    Reply
  4. Matt

    January 06, 2014 at 4:36 pm

    Love adding cardamom to coffee. A lot of people use cinnamon but have never tried cardamom.

    Reply
  5. Caty

    November 30, 2013 at 9:33 am

    5 stars
    This will be such an amazing treat for the holidays! Thanks 🙂

    Reply
  6. Emely

    November 27, 2013 at 10:55 pm

    5 stars
    Great idea! Happy thanksgiving!!

    Reply

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