Cafe Brulot

Ingredients

1 quart strong black coffee
1 cinnamon stick, 2 inches long
8 whole cloves
1 piece orange peel, 3 inches long
1 piece lemon peel, 2 inches long
6 lumps sugar
1 cup brandy
One-fourth cup Cointreau
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

Make the coffee, using two and one-half tablespoons ground coffee to each cup of water. Keep the coffee warm while mixing the remaining ingredients. In a chafing dish, combine the remaining ingredients. Heat and stir to dissolve the sugar. Carefully ignite and stir in the hot coffee. Continue stirring until the flame goes out. Serve hot.

Makes 8 servings.