| Source: Mary Whelan
 
 
Ingredients
   2 oz (56 grm) instant Antiqua coffee
 4 cups (950 ml) sugar
 2 cups (475 ml) water
1 fifth bourbon
1 whole vanilla bean
  Preparation
  Bring water to a boil.
Add sugar and coffee, and stir until dissolved.
Let mixture cool.
Add  bourbon.
Pour into two or more bottles.
Cut vanilla bean into equal portions, one per bottle.
Split bean portions lengthwise, and place one in each bottle.
Cover  tightly.
Wait patiently for at least six weeks, then enjoy.
  Comments
 My grandmother gave us this recipe.  We had a
bottle that she made, but it's gone for years.
Maybe it's time to try it again.  It was great in
coffee or drizzled over vanilla ice cream.
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