The "World's Best Crappy Cup of Coffee" is what Buddy treats his love interest Jovie, played by Zooey Deschanel, to at a diner after they begin to really connect. Around that moment, Buddy is working a sort of internship in the mailroom and one of the clerks encourages Buddy to pour from a flask into his coffee, advising that it is maple syrup. We find out that it is actually Bourbon, so we use that, combined with coffee liqueur, maple syrup and some orange bitters to give Buddy the World's Best Crappy Cup of Coffee, and definitely a good coffee cocktail. This is a spirit forward cocktail, so chilling it is key and so is serving it in a chilled rocks glass with a sphere to keep it really cold.
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World’s Best Crappy Cup of Coffee
2 oz (60mL) Bourbon
1 oz (30mL) Coffee Liqueur
.5 oz (15mL) Maple Syrup
2 Dashes Orange Bitters
Side Half and Half
In a mixing glass, pour in 2 oz of Bourbon, 1 oz of Coffee Liqueur, .5 oz Maple Syrup, dropper of saline and 2 dashes of orange bitters, add ice and stir for 2 minutes. Strain into a rocks glass with a rock and garnish with a side half and half.
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Four Roses Bourbon Whiskey
80 proof/40% ABV
Four Roses Distillery LLC/Kirin Brewery Company
Four Roses uses two different mash bills of neutral grains and five yeast strands to compose 10 different varieties of Kentucky Straight Bourbon. The various blends are noted on the bottle in a four letter acronym and can be matched up with its expected flavor profile on the Four Roses website.
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Kahlua Coffee Liqueur
40 proof/20% ABV
Pernod Ricard
Kahlua uses 100% arabica coffee beans that are roasted and made into a coffee concentrate. The concentrate is blended with rum, vanilla and sugar and then aged for about 4 weeks then filtered and bottled. The resulting flavor is a sweet, roasty coffee flavor often enjoyed affogato style.
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Maple Syrup
A natural sweetener made from tree sap. Maple Syrup will bring out wood and straw notes in a spirit while adding sweetness stronger than simple syrup.
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Angostura Orange Bitters
89.4 proof/ 44.7 ABV
Angostura Limited
Bitters are made by concentrating flavors into an alcohol base. Orange bitters vary by brand, but are generally made with bitter orange peel, cardamom, caraway, coriander, anise and toasted sugar.
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Half and Half
10.5% - 18% fat
Half and half is an equal parts mixture of cream and milk. Now, there are great non-dairy options in the market.
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