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Hot Apple-Cinnamon Americano

Bold espresso stretched with hot cinnamon-and-clove-spiced apple juice instead of plain water, for a fruity, gently sweet, warming black coffee.

Hot Apple-Cinnamon Americano

Ingredients

  • ¾ cup (180 ml)180 gApple juice, unsweetened
  • ¾ cup180 gWater
  • ¾ tsp2 gGround cinnamon
  • ⅛ tsp0.3 gGround cloves
  • ½ tsp1 gLemon zestfinely grated
  • 4 shots120 gEspressofreshly pulled

Steps

  1. Pour the apple juice and the water into a small pot, whisk in the cinnamon and the cloves, and bring to a gentle simmer over medium heat for 3 minutes.
  2. While the spiced apple mixture simmers, pull the espresso so it is ready when the pot comes off the heat.
  3. Take the pot off the heat and stir in the lemon zest.
  4. Divide the espresso between two mugs, half in each.
  5. Pour half of the hot spiced apple mixture into each mug over the espresso, leaving any spice sediment in the pot, stir and serve hot.

Allergens: none of the nine major allergens in the ingredients as written.

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Saved in the Every Helping recipe book on October 24, 2026.

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