<p>From <a href="http://www.kahlua.com/bean-to-bottle/">Kahlua's website</a> it looks like they process sugar cane into molasses, ferment it, and distil it before adding coffee. The coffee, vanilla, and caramel is added eight weeks before the mixture is filtered and bottled. </p>

<p><a href="http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Kahlua">Wiki How has a few recipes</a> for home made "kahlua", but I have my doubts.</p>

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<p>Kahlúa is coffee rum. It's delicious, but is it just regular rum mixed with coffee, or is there more to it than that? Is coffee added before distillation? Is the coffee somehow fermented?</p>

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How is Kahlúa made?
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# How is Kahlúa made?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-02-01)

Kahlúa is coffee rum. It's delicious, but is it just regular rum mixed with coffee, or is there more to it than that? Is coffee added before distillation? Is the coffee somehow fermented?

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### Answer by username_1 on 2015-02-02. Score: 8

From [Kahlua's website](http://www.kahlua.com/bean-to-bottle/) it looks like they process sugar cane into molasses, ferment it, and distil it before adding coffee. The coffee, vanilla, and caramel is added eight weeks before the mixture is filtered and bottled.

[Wiki How has a few recipes](http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Kahlua) for home made "kahlua", but I have my doubts.


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