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This summer I want to focus on easy-to-make specialty coffee recipes that work with any of the Mokk-a brands.

HRH Princess Margriet of the Netherlands & Consort Professor Pieter Van Vollenhoven | Photo Courtesy of Leigh Beckett HRH Princess Margriet of the Netherlands and consort Professor Pieter van Vollenhoven, patrons of the Netherland America Foundation (NAF), each received a full complement of Mokk-a blends in their gift bag at the 32nd Peter Stuyvesant Ball […]

Coffee and Cocoa Rubbed Ribs Makes 4 servings Ingredients: ¼ cup chili powder ¼ cup ground Café Svenska 2 tablespoons dark brown sugar 1 tablespoon dry mustard 1 tablespoon salt, plus more for seasoning 1 tablespoon ground black pepper, plus more for seasoning 1 tablespoon cocoa powder 1 tablespoon dried oregano 2 pounds beef or pork […]

1 oz. Kahlua ½ oz Peppermint Schnapps Hot Cafe Italia Coffee Whipped Cream Add Kahlua and Schnapps to Cafe Italia Coffee. Top with whipped cream. Garnish with shaved chocolate, if desired.

Here’s a great new recipe! Give it a try with Mokk-a’s Cafe Italia. • 2 teaspoons ground Cafe Italia • 2 tablespoons granulated sugar • 2 1/2 cups milk • 2 teaspoons kosher salt • 1/4 cup packed brown sugar • 2 tablespoons chili powder • 1 1/2 teaspoon paprika • 1 1/2 teaspoon freshly […]

Photo & Recipe courtesy of Chef Donna Fields Ingredients: Brine: 3 tbs. Mokk-a Coffee Beans (ground & steep for ten minutes; let cool & put grounds aside) 2 cups of boiling water 3 tbs. Sugar leveled 2 tbs. Salt Combine all ingredients and make sure sugar is dissolved. Place  in closed container. Brine for at […]

Reputedly produced to great acclaim at the Union Hotel in Benicia, California, this is a dark rich moist cake, requiring no icing – just a hearty dollop of unsweetened whipped cream. Ingredients: • 7 ounces (7squares in U.S.) unsweetened chocolate • 12 tablespoons butter (1 ½ sticks or ¾ cup) • 1 ½ cups strong […]

“Coffee Improves Test Scores” read the headline of a short article in the New York Times Science section a few Tuesdays ago.  The study was not repeated every month for ten years the way scientists like to, but the results still seemed significant.  Two groups of adults were gathered together to take a battery of […]

MOKK-A IS FIVE YEARS OLD now…so let’s take a moment to look back to the beginning. (As told to Margot Dockrell)   I’d been toying with the idea of starting my own business for years, and after a life-changing cup of what became Café Svenska, the idea of coffee suddenly sounded like an interesting new project! […]

Pumpkin Spice Latte Coffee – 2 cups milk – 2 tablespoons canned pumpkin (not pumpkin pie mix) – 1 to 2 tablespoons sugar (to taste) – 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice – 1 tablespoon vanilla – 1/2 cup hot brewed Café Suisse Garnish, if desired – Whipped cream – Dash pumpkin pie spice – 2 […]

Serves 2-4 Coffee Base: • 2/3 cup coarsely ground CAFÉ ITALIA coffee • 3 cups water • 1 teaspoon cinnamon • 3 tablespoons dark brown sugar Put ingredients in a quart jar and stir. Cover and refrigerate overnight. The Finished Drink: • milk, half and half, or cream • ice Pour the coffee base through a […]

The Most Chocolaty Chocolate has a secret ingredient – Coffee! The week before Valentine’s Day this year, I invited my mother-in-law, a devoted chocaholic and romantic, and two recently wed girlfriends to dinner.  They are sappily in love; I knew they would be the perfect guests for the celebration of all thing hearts and roses. […]