Cinnamon Coffee -- Without The Mess

Total Time: 7 mins Preparation Time: 2 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cinnamon stick
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• coffee
• water

Recipe

• 1 measure your usual quantity of coffee into the filter of your 10-12 cup drip pot.
• 2 hit the half cinnamon stick with a hammer or meat mallet to break it into splintery pieces -- not too huge, not too fine. put the cinnamon splinters into the filter with the coffee.
• 3 pour the vanilla over the coffee and cinnamon in the filter.
• 4 fill your drip machine with water in your usual way. run it to make the coffee, using the "strong" selection on the slide if there is one.
• 5 good hot or iced with sweetener and whitener of your choice.
• 6 note -- a dollop of whipped cream and a dusting of ground cinnamon makes an elegant presentation for a special occasion.
• 7 note -- works just fine on decaf too.