Faux Kahlua

• 4 cups water
• 4 cups sugar
• 1 vanilla bean
• 1/3 cup Taster’s Choice Instant Coffee
• 750 mL (one “fifth”) vodka

Bring water to a boil, then add sugar. Stir until dissolved. Add instant coffee and stir until dissolved. Pour this mixture and the vodka into a two-gallon container. Chop up vanilla bean and add to mixture.

Seal container and shake every day for three weeks.

(special thanks to Katie McKee for providing this recipe)