Flaming Mexican Coffee

• 1 lemon
• 1 small bowl white granulated sugar
• 1 1/2 ounces cognac
• 3/4 ounce coffee liquore
• 1 cup hot, freshly brewed coffee
• 1/4 cup whipped cream

You will need heat-resistant glasses with long stems in which to serve this impressive flaming Mexican coffee drink.

Cut open the lemon and rub lemon juice on the rim of the glass. Dip the rim of the glass into your bowl of sugar to coat.

Pour the cognac into the glass. Hold the glass by the stem and light a match with a long stick, placing the glass such that the flame is licking the inside of the glass until the cognac ignites. You will have to turn the glass as you hold it over the flame so it does not get so hot that the glass cracks. As soon as the cognac ignites, tip the glass so it is upright and remove it from the flame. Swirl the flaming cognac, caramelizing the sugar on the rim of the glass.

Add the Tia Maria. Fill cup with hot coffee and stir in one teaspoon of sugar. Top with whipped cream.