PH factor: 8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o sugar o 2 ounces 1800 Reposado tequila o ½ ounce dark Crème de Cacao o 2 ounces cold coffee or espresso o ½ cup chocolate ice cream Method: 1. Moisten the rim of a margarita glass and invert it into a shallow dish of sugar to coat the rim of the glass. 2. Blend or shake remaining cocktail ingredients until smooth. 3. Serve up in the prepared glass. Remarks: Some recipes call for rimming the glass with salt and

PH factor: 8.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Pimm’s No.1 Cup o 4 ounces strong coffee or espresso Garnish o 1 ounce lightly whipped cream o ground cinnamon Method: 1. Combine coffee and liqueur in a glass mug. 2. Float cream on top. 3. Dust with cinnamon Remarks: If you use espresso, you may want to add some sweetener. Perhaps extra confectioners' sugar in the whipped cream would do the trick. . . .

PH factor: 8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Calvados o 1 teaspoon brown sugar o 4 ounces strong hot coffee Garnish o heavy cream whipped o brown sugar Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients in a warm mug to dissolve sugar. 2. Top with whipped cream and a sprinkle of brown sugar. Remarks: This is a fine cup of coffee as it is. Smoother than some and not as strong as some others. If you prefer something a bit stronger try adding more Calvados. The simpl

PH factor: 9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Johnnie Walker Red Label scotch o ¾ ounce Drambuie o ¼ ounce fresh lemon juice o 2 ounces cold coffee or espresso Garnish o lemon peel Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Strain into an ice-filled Old Fashioned glass. 3. Garnish with lemon peel. Remarks: The original recipe called for vodka and Drambuie. We just didn’t like it and switched to scotch. It’s probably more like your mother