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Coffee Liqueur
  

61/2 round tbsps. instant coffee

3 1/4 cups boiling water

4 1/4 cups sugar

a fifth of light rum

1 vanilla bean (split but unseparated) per bottle

Dissolve coffee in the water and add the sugar; cool and add the rum. Put a vanilla bean into one or more bottles, pour liquor in, and cork. Let it stand at least 30 days before imbibing.