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Molasses Brown Sugar Pot Coffee

A deep, dark brewed coffee simmered briefly with molasses, brown sugar and a whisper of ginger for a rich, toasty, bittersweet mug with no milk.

Molasses Brown Sugar Pot Coffee

Ingredients

  • 2 cups (470 ml)480 gBrewed coffeefreshly brewed, hot
  • 1½ tsp10 gMolasses
  • 1¾ tsp packed8 gBrown sugar
  • ¼ tsp0.5 gGround ginger
  • a pinch0.2 gSalta tiny pinch
  • ½ tsp2 gVanilla extract

Steps

  1. Brew the coffee first and keep it hot.
  2. In a small pot over low heat, stir the molasses, brown sugar, ground ginger and salt with a splash of the coffee until the sugar dissolves and the mixture smells toasty, about 1 minute.
  3. Pour in the rest of the coffee and warm gently, stirring, until steaming but not boiling, about 2 minutes.
  4. Take the pot off the heat and stir in the vanilla.
  5. Divide the coffee evenly between two mugs, half in each, 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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