Kahlua Mule Recipe
This Kahlua Mule recipe is the Moscow Mule recipe for coffee lovers! A classic Mexican Mule recipe is amped up with Kahlua coffee and rum liqueur to complement the tequila and ginger beer for a refreshing twist on everyone’s favorite summer cocktail—delicious served with a wedge of lime!
Why this recipe works
A Kahlua Mule is a coffee twist on a tequila Mule – aka a Mexican Mule – and it’s a great alternative to the super trendy Espresso Martini.
Kahlua may not the first bottle that comes to mind if you wanted to amp up a Mexican Mule. Or even the second. Or the third. But it should be.
Related: Kahlua and Cream
The rum coffee flavors of Kahlua pair so well with both tequila and ginger beer making this recipe for a mule with Kahlua a no brainer.
It’s like an Espresso Martini and a Moscow Mule had a love child. A love child with a delicious, tequila kick.
Seriously, I can’t wait for you to try this delicious cocktail recipe!!
Ingredients
Here’s what you need to make a refreshing Kahlua Mule!
- Kahlua
- tequila
- ginger beer, chilled
- lime, to garnish
As you’re adding Kahlua to this Mexican Mule recipe, you don’t want to mess around too much with the tequila: choose a silver tequila with a nice clean taste, anything complex will be lost in this Kahlua Moscow Mule!
You really do want to use ginger beer instead of ginger ale here which is much sweeter: Kahlua is rather sweet already, so you don’t want the finished cocktail to be overly sweet.
See the printable recipe card for quantities and full recipe.
Directions
Step 1
Measure the Kahlua and tequila into a cocktail shaker. Add ice and shake well.
Step 2
Strain over a copper mug filled with fresh ice.
Step 3
Top up with ginger beer and stir gently to combine. Garnish with fresh lime.
Variations
- Add cream: Make it a White Russian Moscow Mule by adding a dash of heavy cream to the cocktail shaker.
- Use vodka: I’ve made this a Mexican Mule because the flavors of Kahlua and tequila work so well together, but if tequila is not your thing vodka would also taste great here, or even more rum to complement the rum already in the Kahlua.
- Amp up the coffee: Add an ounce or two of cold brew to really amp up that coffee flavor!
Frequently Asked Questions
It’s okay, everyone has different tastes! This mule with Kahlua is perfectly balanced for me, but if you want to reduce the sweetness a little add lime juice for some acidity (and more lime flavor!) or serve it in a bigger glass / mule mug so you can dilute it with more ice. Also, the colder the drink is the less sweet it will taste as chilling something reduces sweetness: it is why melted ice cream always tastes slightly too sweet, but perfect frozen.
Use whatever glass you like, but I do love a good copper mug for my Moscow Mule recipes! A copper mug is designed to keep your Mule cocktail cold as you sip making for a better drink.
More Easy Mule Recipes
- Simple Kentucky Mule Recipe with Whiskey
- Fireball Mule Cocktail Recipe with Ginger Beer
- Spiced Pear Moscow Mule Recipe with Ginger Beer
- Lavender Moscow Mule Recipe with Lemon
- Fruity Cherry Moscow Mule Recipe
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Am easy 3-ingredient Kahlua Mule
Ingredients
- 2.25 oz Kahlua
- 0.75 oz tequila
- 4 oz ginger beer chilled
- lime wheel to garnish
Instructions
- Add ice to a copper mug.
- Add the Kahlua coffee liqueur and tequila to the glass.
- Top off with ginger beer and gently stir.
- Garnish with a lime wheel.
Notes
- Add cream: Make it a White Russian Moscow Mule by adding a dash of heavy cream to the cocktail shaker.
- Use vodka: if tequila is not your thing vodka would also taste great here, or even more rum to complement the rum already in the Kahlua.
- Amp up the coffee: Add an ounce or two of cold brew to really amp up that coffee flavor!
