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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. […]

Chocolate Mousse Ingredients: • 1 ½ pounds chocolate chips • ½ cup prepared MOKK-A Espresso coffee • ½ cup Grand Marnier • 4 egg yolks • 2 cups heavy cream, chilled • ¼ cup granulated sugar • 8 egg whites • pinch of salt • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract Directions: Melt chocolate in a heavy […]

Mokk-a is back – with a vengeance!   We are excited and very happy to announce that – after a prolonged period of difficulties with our two previous roasters – we are restarting with a new roaster.   We currently are crossing the t’s and dotting the i’s with The Grand Marceline Company, a top […]

Bio Karen Hawa/The Creation of Mokk-a This is the story of an American coffee lover determined to bring Europe’s finest coffees home. I followed my dream to the tiniest, most romantic villages in Europe…the passionate south of Italy, the trade area of Sweden and the Bourgogne region in rural France. My search began while traveling […]

1 oz Fresh Brewed shot of Svenska Espresso 1 1/2 oz Vanilla Vodka 1 1/2 oz Baily’s 1 oz Dark Crème de Cocoa Pour ingredients into shaker filled with ice, shake vigorously, and strain into chilled martini glass. It should be somewhat frothy.

Ingredients 8 eggs (separated) 2/3 cup sugar 2 1/2 cups milk 1/2 cup espresso (brewed strong) 2 cups heavy cream 1 1/2 cups brandy 1/2 cup coffee liqueur 1 whole CAFÉ FRANCE espresso bean Directions 1. Place egg whites in the bowl of a stand mixer and whisk on low speed until frothy, about 30 seconds. […]

“A national radio show host, a European Coffee Company CEO/owner, and a Texas rancher all walk into a bar. The bartender asked them, “What’ll it be?” The beginning of a good yarn or a joke you may ask?” Quote from Bart Simmons, owner of 2S Ranch and The Provision House in Dallas, Texas..."

News from the Cardinal Cadence Vol38 No2 July 2010. Click to download.

3 July enjoying a rather large celebration of the 4th with friends at the  Levitt Center in Arlington, Texas!  What a show they put on complete with a magnificent display of fireworks that evening.  I suddenly had tears in my eyes when they played the Star Spangled Banner and America The Beautiful.  Suppose that’s what […]

Tunisia is the northernmost country in Africa. It is bordered by Algeria to the west, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Its area is almost 165,000 km², with an estimated population of just over 10.3 million. Its name is derived from the capital Tunis located in the north-east. […]

I was told by a Tarot card reader on New Year’s Eve of 1990 that he saw a lot of European travel in my future.  Looks like he was right! It began in 1992.  I was enjoying a successful career in Houston and one day I became bored.  I had an idea for a […]