Word: kahlua
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...there. Kahlua. --Marc M. Sadowsky...
...could be downed with impunity in public places if it were concealed in a glass of milk. A few learned to like it that way and kept the habit after repeal, continuing to order an occasional brandy alexander (cream, brandy and creme de cacao) or a sombrero (milk and Kahlua). But now drinkers are turning in larger numbers to the milky way. Liquor-store shelves are displaying a growing variety of dairy-based, premixed cocktails combining booze and moos...
...straight, with a lick of salt and a wedge of lime-most gringos prefer cocktail variations like the Margarita, made with lime juice and triple sec. Other Aztec ?Oles!: T'n'T (with tonic); Bloody Maria or Mexican Mary (substituting tequila for vodka); Brave Bull (with Kahlua); the Freddy Fudpucker (with orange juice and Galliano); and Cold Gold, a sort of Aztec on the rocks. Tequila will probably never rival bourbon, Scotch, gin or vodka in the U.S. It is additionally appealing in another respect, however. According to Mexico City's National Institute of Hygiene, tequila...
...Triple Sec and tequila, all poured over shaved ice and served in a frosty glass rimmed with salt. To push tequila into the really big time, the drink's backers have thought up more than 40 different recipes, including a Gringolet (with lime juice) and Brave Bull (with Kahlua). Next stop: dry and bottled tequila mixes. Salud...
...drinks generally provide a clue to the changing public palate, and today's In concoctions indicate a trend toward blandness: the Dirty Mother (brandy and Kahlua, a liqueur that tastes like sweetened coffee), the Half-and-Half (half Scotch and half milk or cream), the My Diane (gin and cordials with orange juice and coconut milk) and such relatively innocuous favorites as Dubonnet on the rocks and Campari and soda. Today a bar must carry 50% more brands and be prepared to make a 100% greater assortment of drinks than ten years...