This is a 1970s promo film for the Mexican coffee and cane sugar spirit commonly known as Kahlua. It is a coffee-flavored liqueur. (The drink contains rum, sugar, vanilla bean, and arabica coffee.) The film opens with an image of coffee beans plucked from a coffee arabica evergreen tree in North Africa (:19). Kahlua’s beginnings are traced back to the origin of coffee and the beverage was believed to have initially come from Ethiopia and was used medicinally. Ancient art depicts coffee’s early beginnings in an Arabian court (:48) shows Priests of Islam and they were the ones to dictate coffee consumption. From here, the stimulating drink spread to Egypt, Turkey and Europe (1:10). During the mid-17th century, after spreading through Europe, coffee landed in the New World; the America’s (1:15) Distillation was also introduced to the area (1:43) which lead to the creation of this coffee liquor which from 1936 on was created and distributed out of Mexico. Sculptures and figurines of pre-colonial figures appear (2:22) and the Kahlua logo (2:27). The film then switches to a mock house party in which the guests and hosts will share recipes that utilize Kahlua. The narrator of the film shows the multitude of ways Kahlua can be enjoyed as a beverage such as; straight, over ice, blended with cream, with soda and with vodka (3:42). Most popular mix drinks are the White and Black Russians. Dishes such as fruited chicken Acapulco (5:33) are enhanced when added with Kahlua. Another party guest shares a recipe for herbed pork chops to which the liquor is also added (8:14). The process for chili Kahlua (10:18) includes ingredients such as bell peppers, ground beef, tomatoes and chili powder. The mixture simmers when Kahlua is added (11:24). Another dish is the baked ham Kahlua (11:51). The ham’s surface is studded with cloves (12:13). A baster is used to continuously add Kahlua to the dish as it cooks (13:18). The precolonial figurines appear on the table (14:02) before the desert called creamy cake Kahlua (14:49). Ingredients include; unsalted butter, Kahlua, almonds, sugar, vanilla and egg yolks (14:58). An electric mixture is used to blend ingredients (15:28) and this will be used to cement together layers of lady fingers (15:59). The cake is then frosted and decorated with an icing piping bag (16:39). A double boiler will be used to melt butter and semisweet chocolate (16:47) which will then be spread over wax paper and chilled in order to set atop cake (17:13). Kahlua can also be added over ice cream (17:40), in Kahlua bananas flambe (17:49) as well as simply enjoyed with coffee (18:49). This film will close with the Kahlua logo (19:22) and is a Henry Ushiima Production (19:24).

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