By
George Brozowski
It
seems that rebel rocker Sammy Hagar can't leave well
enough alone with his Cabo Wabo Tequilas. I was just handed
a bottle of Cabo Diablo Coffee Liqueur made
with Cabo Wabo Tequila Blanco and quite honestly
the experience has left me a bit perplexed. I love coffee
and of course I also love tequila but what do you do with
this combination?
Do
I drink it in the morning instead of my usual coffee or add
it to my coffee? This mixture certainly has the potential
of both picking me up and then putting me right back down.
Do I drink it in the evening since it contains tequila? Will
the coffee keep me up all night? Maybe I should do a couple
of shots before heading out to a party so I have two distinct
buzzes primed and ready to go. When the hell do you drink
this stuff?
Well,
I guess I should try it as that might help answer the above
questions.
This
liqueur comes in a devilishly black bottle with white lettering
that turns red after a while in the freezer, cute!! The nose
is like a heavy perfume of coffee and vanilla and sugar with
little or almost no tequila aroma. On the palate the coffee
and vanilla come front and center followed by ripe red cherries
and finally I can get a sense of the tequila but it is muted
and smooth and pleasant. The finish is very sweet and also
smooth and long leaving behind the feeling that I had just
eaten chocolate covered cherries and had a coffee right behind
them. There is that slight tequila tingle as well.
OK,
now I know when to drink this liqueur. In the morning, I might
have a touch in my coffee instead of sugar or any other artificial
sweetener. As a matter of fact I would use this in place of
maple syrup on my pancakes or maybe even just pour it directly
over my bacon, YUM! And of course it would make a decent after
breakfast bracer possibly accompanied by a low-cal sugar free,
gluten free diet doughnut. I further imagine that a serious
nap would follow just such a light hearted breakfast.
Somehow,
I can't imagine having this during lunch but I can sure imagine
having it after lunch instead of dessert. It might be a bit
heavy for a starter during happy hour but as a glaze poured
over pork it would be divine. Before heading out for the evening
I might catch myself having a couple of these to provide me
with stamina and a bit of a buzz to get my evening going.
Again after dinner and into the wee hours I might substitute
this for a brandy, especially if I had done the wise thing
and abstained from dessert and needed something a bit sweet.
However I don't believe I would brush my teeth with it! After
all you just have to draw the line somewhere.
It's
70 proof and a 750ml bottle is only $22.99 and that's a small
price indeed to pay for what may eventually become the true
breakfast of champions.
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