Barista Jennifer Lorentzen pours a cup of Gingerbread Man coffee Monday afternoon at House of Coffee's in Lodi. (Brian Feulner/News-Sentinel)

Coffees for the season

Local coffee shops celebrate Christmas with holiday-flavored java

Espresso, latte, cappuccino, macchiato, mocha — today's coffee varieties are endless. The holidays bring out many seasonal flavors such as peppermint or pumpkin. Added to coffee, these flavors give a cup of joe a taste of the season. A sampling of these seasonal coffees can be found at local coffee houses.

Coffee's Etc.

• Cinnamon or peppermint flavoring upon request

House of Coffees

• Pumpkin spice

• Peppermint mocha

• Ginger Spice latte

• English toffee mocha or latte

• Mexican mocha

Tillie's

• Gingerbread

• White mocha

• Peppermint mocha

• Autumn latte

• Merry berry

• Candy cane mocha

Java Stop

• Holiday blend

• Egg nog latte

Starbucks

• Christmas blend

• Holiday blend

Tillie's Caitlin Lawson makes one of their holiday coffees, a peppermint mocha, Tuesday afternoon. (Whitney Ramirez/News-Sentinel)

Javanog

12 eggs

8 ounces cold espresso

1/2 gallon vanilla ice cream-softened

1 pint heavy cream

1 quart milk

1 1/2 cups superfine sugar

4 tablespoons Monin vanilla syrup

1-2 teaspoons ground nutmeg (to taste) pinch salt

1 cup amaretto or rum (optional)

Scoop softened ice cream into a large mixing bowl and put under mixer on low. As ice cream starts to get creamy, add in eggs, espresso, heavy cream, milk, vanilla syrup, nutmeg, and pinch of salt. Keep mixing until eggnog is frothy. Pour into punch bowl. Add the amaretto or rum if you choose. Sprinkle with nutmeg to top. Serves about 20.

Source: http://www.wholelattelove.com.

Spiced holiday coffee

Prep Time: 5 min

Total Time: 5 min

Makes: 6 servings

1/3 cup ground Maxwell House coffee

1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon

1/8 tsp. ground cloves

1/4 cup orange marmalade

3 cups cold water

Place coffee, cinnamon and cloves in filter in brew basket of coffee maker. Place marmalade in empty pot of coffee maker. Add water to coffee maker; brew. When brewing is complete, stir until well-blended.

Source: http://www.kraftfoods.com.

Tillie's candy cane mocha

1 ounce white Ghirardelli chocolate powder

Half shot of peppermint syrup

12 ounches of milk

One shot of espresso