Coffee Diabolique

Ingredients

• 1 orange rind
• cut into strips
• 2 -3 strips fresh lemon rind
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• broken in two
• 10 whole cloves
• 10 sugar cubes
• 6 ounces cognac or 6 ounces brandy
• 8 cups strong coffee

Instructions

1. Heat orange and lemon rinds, spices, sugar and brandy, muddling with the bottom of a ladle.
2. When hot, light the brandy, burn off and add the coffee.
3. Serve in demitasse cups.