Coffee Liqueur #1

• 3 cups sugar
• 3 cups water
• 3 1/2 tbs instant coffee
• 1 quart vodka
• 1 tbs vanilla extract

Combine sugar, water and coffee crystals in a saucepan.
Bring to a boil, reduce heat and let it simmer for around 10 minutes. Take the pan off the heat and let cool to room temperature. Add the vodka and vanilla. Pour the liquid into containers with breath-able lids (cheesecloth perhaps) and let sit for a month. After that, transfer to air-tight containers and enjoy!

Coffee Liqueur #2

• 2 cups coffee
• 1 1/4 cup sugar
• 2 cups vodka
• 1/2 vanilla bean (split)

Add the sugar to hot coffee, and mix until dissolved. Let cool and add the vodka and vanilla bean. Transfer liquid to a bottle. After 2-4 weeks, strain out the vanilla bean and pour liqueur into a new bottle

Coffee Liqueur #3

• 3 1/2 cups water
• 4 cups brown sugar
• 1/2 cup instant coffee crystals
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 bottle vodka (750mL)

Melt together the water, sugar and coffee in a saucepan. Simmer for 15 minutes and then remove from heat. Let cool thoroughly. Add vanilla and vodka. Pour into bottles and store in the refrigerator.

Coffee Liqueur #4

• 2 cups water
• 1 1/4 cups white sugar
• 2 tbs freshly ground coffee
• 1 tbs vanilla extract
• 2 1/2 cups vodka

Mix everything except vodka in a saucepan and heat to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes. Remove from heat and cool completely. Strain out the coffee grounds. Add vodka. Pour finished liqueur into a bottle and store in a cool place.

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You should have known McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE: MCD) wouldn’t take Starbucks Corporation’s (NASDAQ: SBUX) movement into its territory — with its three-dollar versions of Sausage & Egg McMuffins, its doughnuts, its real estate wheeling-and-dealing not seen in McDonaldland since the 80s — sitting down. No, McDonald’s is sending the big guns through the drive-through, and they’re coming out with coffee.

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EMERYVILLE, Calif., March 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Peet’s Coffee & Tea, Inc. (Nasdaq: PEET), a specialty coffee roaster and marketer, today kicked off its 41st Anniversary with two special signature blends, one of coffee and one of tea, available throughout its retail stores, home delivery service at http://www.peets.com and selected grocery stores nationwide,
for the next eight weeks.

Customers can also purchase limited-edition commemorative merchandise and sampler gifts. Additional information is available online at http://www.peets.com, or by phone at 1-800-999-2132.

“Over the years, Peet’s has maintained a rigorous commitment to offering handcrafted quality and freshness in every cup,” said Pat O’Dea, Peet’s president and CEO. “We are proud to celebrate our 41st year and continue to uphold our tradition of artisan roasting in small batches,” he added.

Peet’s 2007 Anniversary Blend Coffee

This year’s Anniversary Blend coffee is inspired by two exotic East Africa coffees and a new arrival from Central America, combined with the strength of Papua New Guinea beans. It is a coffee in balance, with a satisfying mid- palate, a wealth of fruit and a brown sugar sweetness.

“It is New Guinea that brings this together,” said Doug Welsh, vice president, coffee, Peet’s Coffee & Tea, Inc. “The smoothness of this classic, full and complete coffee does wonders in the blend, supporting the more aromatic coffees and rounding them out.”

While not all New Guinea coffees have this quality, Welsh explains, there is an estate which consistently produces one of the most satisfying coffees — Bunum-Wo, with whom Peet’s has been doing business for more than 30 years.

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Apparently, Starbucks isn’t satisfied with taking over every North American metropolis; it will soon invade break rooms and hockey arenas everywhere. That’s right folks, Starbucks has moved to vending machines.

You can now waste even more money on overpriced coffee with ridiculous names without some annoying barista asking if you want a biscotti with your purchase.

The machine, which is co-produced by PepsiCo., churns out everyone’s favourite brands of “roasted coffee, various lattes and hot cocoa.”

Read: Starbucks unleashes newest gadget: the vending machine

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