Café Royale
A sugar cube, a spoon, a flame, and good brandy — French coffee theater at its simplest.
Served in a Mug glass · Garnish: None — serve immediately · Difficulty: medium
Ingredients
- 1 oz Brandy or Cognac
- 5 oz Hot Black Coffee
- 1 piece Sugar Cube
Instructions
- Pour hot coffee into a warm mug.
- Balance a spoon over the mug and soak a sugar cube in brandy on the spoon.
- Carefully ignite the brandy-soaked sugar cube and let it caramelize for 10 seconds.
- Stir the flaming sugar into the coffee — it will extinguish.
- Serve immediately.