Apapacho Café

Name: Apapacho Café
Yield: 10
Cuisine: American

Recipe: Joshua Monaghan , Zapote Bar , Playa del Carmen, Mexico

Photo: Courtesy of Zapote Bar/Rosewood Mayakoba

February 23, 2024

A simple twist on Irish Coffee.

This twist on classic Irish coffee from Rosewood Mayakoba’s Zapote Bar, one of the 50 Best Bars in North America, is just the thing for a chilly day. Apapacho, which translates to “a warm hug,” combines hot coffee with bourbon and vermouth rosso and is topped with freshly whipped cream.

Ingredients

3/4 oz. bourbon
1/4 oz. vermouth rosso
1 oz. simple syrup
1 1/2 oz. fresh-brewed coffee
1 1/2 oz. whipping cream

Tools:mixing glass, strainer, shaker
Glass:coupe
Garnish:grated nutmeg

Preparation

Pour the first 4 ingredients into the glass and gently stir. Add the whipping cream to a shaker with an ice cube and shake very hard. Strain over the cocktail, then grate the nutmeg over the top.

Note: The bar mixes a bit of pinole with nutmeg (4:1) for the garnish, but nutmeg alone works fine if you don’t have pinole.