Coffee syrup with cinnamon and cardamom

Prep 20 min·Cook 30 min·Total 50 min·1 bottle·VEGAN

Homemade coffee syrup in a gift bottle with a cinnamon stick, beside a Chemex coffee maker

Ingredients

500 ml (2 1/8 cup) strong coffee
2 cinnamon sticks
1 pinch of cardamom
250 g (1 ¼ cup) raw cane sugar

Equipment: pot, glass bottle

Instructions

1.Brew fresh coffee
2.Put it in a pot along with sugar and the spices and boil up
3.Let simmer at medium heat (approx. 20-30 minutes), stir occasionally
4.When the desired thick consistency is reached, fill it into a bottle. The cinnamon sticks can be added to the bottle

Notes

Tip from my kitchen: the syrup thickens quite a bit more as it cools, so take it off the heat while it still seems slightly runny. Fill it hot into a sterilized bottle and slip a cinnamon stick in – it looks pretty and keeps infusing flavor. Stored in the fridge, the syrup keeps for several weeks; if it crystallizes a little, briefly warm the bottle in a water bath and shake it.