Starbucks Sundae

Let the Spaniards have vanilla ice cream topped with oloroso sherry*, what could be more American than vanilla ice cream topped with Starbucks coffee liqueur?  This coffee liqueur puts all others out of memory; rich and full of coffee flavor, it doesn't have a cloying sweetness like many others.  I have to admit that I couldn't justify eating all of the ice cream, so I let it melt a little and drank all of the liqueur . . .

Directions:  Scoop good vanilla bean ice cream into martini glass, cover with an ounce or so of Starbucks coffee liqueur.  Probably would be good with a shot of espresso and/or some chocolate syrup.  Hmmmm.

*educational fact for the day:  olorosa is a term which refers to cream sherries, which are usually sweetened with the Pedro Ximenez grape.  Some are very dark in color and have an almost syrup-like flavor; they are absolutely delicious over ice cream.  A more educated version of my sundae, if you will.  It's also good, as you will soon find out, cooked into creme brulee.

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