i just love flavored coffee ... but not the price.
i do this for my self/family ... and did it at the inn. you might like to try it.
i am especially partial to hazelnut coffee so i got some hazelnut extract and i add about 3/4 tsp to 10 cups of coffee (little cups, not the giant size i love)
at the inn, i would have regular and decaf and then i'd have the 'flavor of the day' and a sign hazelnut, almond, peppermint, cinammon , chocolate ... with little cups beside it 'to sample' if folks really liked it, i'd make more. if it was really well received, then i'd offer it for a while.. during blueberry time, i did have blueberry coffee but it was purchased flavored. the only flavoring i could find had splenda in it which i wouldn't serve without telling.
for peppermint, i have the extracts and i'd put peppermints in a little bowl beside it, cinammon sticks if i did cinammon, so they'd know exactly what was in there and for fun. for chocolate, i actually just put some flaked semisweet chocolate into the coffee and some in a little shaker with spout ike the old fashioned sugar pourer glass with metal top.
do not add too much if you use extract. a little is best. i tried making a stronger flavored coffee but adding more and you might just taste a sortof alcohol flavor instead of what you are aiming for. you have to experiment with proportions.
i do this for my self/family ... and did it at the inn. you might like to try it.
i am especially partial to hazelnut coffee so i got some hazelnut extract and i add about 3/4 tsp to 10 cups of coffee (little cups, not the giant size i love)
at the inn, i would have regular and decaf and then i'd have the 'flavor of the day' and a sign hazelnut, almond, peppermint, cinammon , chocolate ... with little cups beside it 'to sample' if folks really liked it, i'd make more. if it was really well received, then i'd offer it for a while.. during blueberry time, i did have blueberry coffee but it was purchased flavored. the only flavoring i could find had splenda in it which i wouldn't serve without telling.
for peppermint, i have the extracts and i'd put peppermints in a little bowl beside it, cinammon sticks if i did cinammon, so they'd know exactly what was in there and for fun. for chocolate, i actually just put some flaked semisweet chocolate into the coffee and some in a little shaker with spout ike the old fashioned sugar pourer glass with metal top.
do not add too much if you use extract. a little is best. i tried making a stronger flavored coffee but adding more and you might just taste a sortof alcohol flavor instead of what you are aiming for. you have to experiment with proportions.