Sweet Pick-Me-Up Recipe

• 5 tablespoons whole Italian roast coffee beans
• 1 750 mL bottle dry Italian red wine
• 1 cup water
• 1 cup turbinado sugar
• 12 star anise
• 3 ounces coffee-infused red wine
• 1 ounce Cocchi Vermouth di Torino, chilled
• 2 teaspoons star anise syrup
• 2 dashes Fee Brothers Aztec bitters
• Ice (optional)
• Garnish: cinnamon stick or lemon curl

1. For the coffee-infused red wine: Add coffee beans to bottle of wine, close with stopper and infuse at room temperature for 24 hours. Strain before using.
2. For the star anise syrup: Bring water, sugar, and star anise to a boil, stirring until sugar dissolves. Remove from heat and let infuse for 30 minutes. Strain and bottle, keep refrigerated.
3. For each drink: in a wine glass, stir coffee-infused wine, Cocchi vermouth, star anise syrup, and chocolate bitters. Add ice if desired and garnish.

italian roast coffee beans, italian red wine, water, turbinado sugar, anise, coffee, torino, anise syrup, dashes, cinnamon

Taken from www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2011/09/sweet-pick-me-up-ardesia-recipe-red-wine-cocktail-chocolate-bitters-cocchi-vermouth.html (may not work)