In a devastating blow to fans of the silky coffee liquor everywhere, Bacardi-owned tequila brand Patrón recently announced it is to retire its beloved XO café liqueur. Patrón XO Café Tequila is one of my all-time favorites,” says Marta De La Cruz Marrero, the food and beverage supervisor at Burlock Coast in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. I got hooked on this stuff because I was a pussy who couldn’t drink shitty tequila like Cuervo without almost puking my brains out after every shot or gagging uncontrollably. Confirming the move, Patrón Tequila president and COO Mauricio Vergara told The Grocer the business wanted to focus “on growing and protecting production and supply of our core super and ultra-premium tequilas”. You can find out more about our use, change your default settings, and withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future by visiting Cookies Settings, which can also be found in the footer of the site.

It’s an incredibly exciting time to be in the tequila business – we are thrilled to see consumer demand for tequila continuing to explode around the world,” Mauricio Vergara said. How you're going to imbibe this luscious liqueur is something to consider when purchasing a coffee liqueur. Roasted by Moonroast Coffee in Hampshire, the coffee is then cold brewed for 72 hours, to gently extract the flavours, keeping delicate floral notes, alongside the more chocolatey. The coffee and chocolate flavors of the Patrón XO Cafe pair perfectly with the creamy Bailey's Irish Cream and the chocolate pudding, making this a decadent treat for any occasion.

It has a fairly smooth finish and is perfect for those who like the buzz of a cup of coffee with a little extra kick. Chocolate and Cafe Tequila Pudding Shots" is a unique and delicious twist on the classic Baby Guinness shot.

It’s not overpowering, there’s just a middle note, and a lingering slightly smoked finish, alongside notes of chocolate, spice, with just a hint of cinnamon, and an earthy, fresh-brewed coffee centre.

So, knowing how bad the tequila shortage has been for distributors the past year and how much worse it’s going to get, them cancelling Coffee Patrón seems like pretty good collateral damage if we’re being perfectly honest. Patrón XO Cafe is a dry, low-proof coffee liqueur that’s a blend of Patrón Silver and the essence of fine coffee.

I think this has a really smooth finish and it's 25%, which isn't quite as strong as XO but still must be handled responsibly. So we've all heard now that Café Patrón XO is being discontinued, and for some people (like my best friend) it's heart-breaking. A now discontinued Tequila based coffee liqueur from Patrón that we've managed to source a few more coveted bottles of. Maarten Spirits (owners John Paul DeJoria and Martin Crowley) purchased the brand rights in 1989 and in 2002 production moved to a new distillery. A smooth, sweet and smoky reposado tequila made from the finest 100% Weber Blue Agave, features woody notes of black pepper, and hints of vanilla and caramel.

Josué Gonzalez, bar manager at Seven Reasons in Washington, weighs in that its house coffee liqueur is J. The bottle is 31 percent ABV and includes 467 mg of caffeine (roughly five cups of drip coffee per bottle). Bacardi seemingly made the decision to discontinue the product and focus on its other Patrón tequilas as Patrón XO Cafe’s popularity and profitability was diminishing. Patron XO Café has unique flavours of rich, dark freshly-roasted coffee with hints of vanilla, coffee and light tequila making it a more intense coffee tequila rather than standard sweet coffee liqueurs. It’s both sweet and bitter, and there’s a luxuriously thick mouthfeel, followed by warming spice (cinnamon and ginger), clove, vanilla, chocolate, and of course, nuanced roasted coffee notes.