DIY Coffee Liqueur

Recently, I was searching around on Pinterest for anything that I might like. I've found so many great ideas on there; you just never know what you'll find. Such as homemade vanilla extract. I have some steeping right now so once it's done, I'll be sure to write a post about it.

In the meantime, I found a great recipe for homemade coffee liqueur.
I'm featuring this from another website, Serious Eats. Make sure you check out the other recipes there!

DIY coffee liqueur tastes like like a fresh cup of coffee with added depth from rum and just enough sugar to make it great for sipping or mixing—or baking and dessert garnishing. The quick steeping time means no patience is required.

Notes:
When hot coffee cools down, it loses some of its good qualities. Cold brewing the coffee keeps bitter and overly acidic flavors from taking over.
Turbinado sugar is also known as raw sugar, and is available at most grocery stores. You can substitute other types of sugar if desired.

Special equipment: coffee filter

Ingredients

yield: Makes about 3 cups, active time 10 minutes, total time about 4 days

• 1/4 cup fine ground coffee
• 2 1/4 cup water (divided)
• 1 cup turbinado sugar
• 1 vanilla bean
• 1 1/2 cups light rum

Procedures

1. 1
   Cold brew the coffee by combining the grounds and 1 1/4 cups of the water into a sealable glass jar, shaking it, then refrigerating the mixture for 12 hours. Strain through a coffee filter into another sealable glass jar.
2. 2
   Combine the sugar and 1 cup of water in a pot and bring to a boil. Remove from heat and let this syrup cool to room temperature.
3. 3
   Add cooled syrup, vanilla bean, and rum to the glass jar that contains the coffee. Let that mixture steep for 3 days, then remove the vanilla bean and bottle the liqueur.