Cozy Christmas Cinnamon Spiced Winter Coffee Recipe

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Cozy Christmas Cinnamon Spiced Winter Coffee Recipe 

This winter coffee recipe is perfect for the cold weather time of year. It is packed with an array of spices that give you all the feels of the holiday season.

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Ingredients to Make a Cinnamon Spiced Cup of Coffee

To make a great winter coffee drink you will need a few things:

• 7-8 oz hot strong coffee
• 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
• 1/4 tsp ground cardamom
• 1/2 cup milk of choice
• whipped cream
• splash of honey simple syrup, to taste

We are using the Aeropress coffee maker for this drink, it’s similar to a French press. We’ll explain why we are using this. You can grab one online here: Aeropress 

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How to Add Cinnamon and Spices to Coffee

We have tried to make the perfect cinnamon-spiced winter coffee recipe a few times but kept getting stuck with the ground cinnamon and spices. Since these spices are not water soluble they don’t dissolve and leave a slightly gritty drink. No one likes a gritty drink. So to make this delicious winter coffee recipe we finally figured out how to get the great spiced coffee flavor without the grit. That is why we are using the Aeropress. We also love our Aeropress and use it for tons of great coffee drink recipes. 

To explain a bit further, cinnamon can be added to coffee by mixing it with the coffee grounds themselves This way when the coffee and spices are steeped in the hot water the spices are infused right into the hot coffee drinks. 

How to Brew a Christmas Morning Spiced Winter Coffee Recipe

Place the Aeropress on your favorite coffee mug. You can find more detailed instructions for the Aeropress in our other Aeropress recipes. Then add two Aeropress scoops or 28g of great ground coffee beans to the chamber. 

Next, add the spices to the chamber with the coffee grounds. 

Boil water in a tea kettle on the stove. Then pour the hot water into the brew chamber and fill to the top, or the marked number 4. 

Stir the coffee and spices with the water using the stir stick to make sure that they are fully incorporated together and can steep well. 

Place the plunger into the top of the brew chamber and allow the water, coffee, and spices to steep for at least one minute.

Next, gently depress the plunger to push the spiced winter coffee through the filter and into the mug, leaving the gritty spices in the plunger. 

Cinnamon Spiced Winter Coffee for the Winter Season

Depending on your sweet tooth you may or may not want to add a sweetener to your winter spiced coffee. We are using a little bit of our homemade honey simple syrup, but you can add whatever sweetener you like. Here are a few options: 

• brown sugar
• maple syrup
• ​simple syrup

If you prefer black coffee you can leave it as is, or add milk. We are adding 1/2 cup of creamy cashew milk. 

You can use coconut milk, almond milk, or even heavy cream if you’d like. 

To finish the perfect coffee recipe add whipped cream, a cinnamon stick, and sprinkle cinnamon or cocoa powder on top. If the cinnamon stick sinks to the bottom of the mug that’s perfectly fine, it adds to the cinnamon flavor of the spiced coffee.

Tasty Winter Coffee Drink

This delicious cinnamon-spiced winter coffee recipe has all of the great aromatic spices combined with a nice dark roast coffee to make a great drink to warm you up in the winter months.

Add this to the list of your favorite winter coffee recipes and leave it out for Santa Claus instead of cookies and milk. This cinnamon-brewed coffee goes great with homemade biscotti or a simple gingerbread cookie. 

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