Ingredients:

1 cup whole milk
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/4 cup chocolate syrup (or 1/3 cup cocoa powder)
6 cups boiling water allowed to cool for three minutes
2 teaspoon brown sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 cup ground low acid coffee beans -  (ground coarse for press pot) - Mexican preferably!
whipped cream to garnish

Combine the milk, vanilla, chocolate and sugar in a saucepan and heat gently while
stirring. Do not bring to a boil.

Meanwhile, add the coffee grounds and cinnamon in a French press coffee maker
and add the near boiled water to make coffee as usual.

Add the coffee to milk saucepan and mix together. Serve in cappuccino glass cups
and add whipped cream and cinnamon sticks to garnish.

This is an Indonesia favorite:

Ingredients

1/2 cup espresso or 1/2 cup French Roast coffee (preferable Sumatran), chilled

1/2 large ripe avocado

1/2 cup half & half

2 cups ice cream (your choice of flavor)

2 teaspoons Tahitian vanilla extract

2 tablespoons chocolate syrup

Garnish by floating 3 dark roasted coffee beans on top

Optional: add ½ teaspoon of ginger to add tartness

Or

add 1 teaspoon of sugar to sweeten

or

substitute yogurt for ice cream (plain or with fruit)

or

substitute ½ cup of blueberries for the avacado (but do try the avacado - it adds great body to the drink)

Preparation

Brew coffee the day before & place in sealed container in refrigerator

Split avocado in halves

Spoon avocado flesh into a blender, first

Add remaining ingredients

Puree until completely smooth

Serve chilled

Recipes for Your Standard Espresso Drinks

Caffe Latte

Single shot of espresso with steamed milk at approximately a 3:1 ratio of milk to coffee.

Cappuccino

Traditionally made with equal parts espresso, steamed milk and frothed milk.

Cafe Americano

Single shot of espresso with 6 to 8 ounces of hot water added.

Hammerhead (A Shot in the Dark)

A shot of espresso served in a coffee cup and filled with drip coffee.

Mocha

Most often a Cappuccino or a Caffe Latte with chocolate syrup added.

Espresso Con Panna

A shot espresso with whipped cream.

Double Shot

Two shots of espresso added to the other ingredients included in the drink of your choice.

Cafe Macchiato

A shot of espresso or in a demitasse (small espresso cup) topped with steamed milk. Ratio of approximately 80/20 and often served with a teaspoon of sugar mixed in.

Cafe Breva

More or less like a cappuccino made with half and half rather than whole milk.

Dry Cappuccino

An espresso drink made with a tiny bit of foam and no steamed milk.