Cinnamon Café con Leche
Begin or end your day with this warming beverage.

2 teaspoons instant coffee powder
2 teaspoons sugar
2 cups very hot milk (not boiling)
2 cinnamon sticks, long enough to be stirrers.

Place 1 teaspoon each instant coffee powder and sugar in 2 mugs. Pour in hot milk. Stir briskly with cinnamon stick. Leave in cinnamon sticks as stirrers. Serve immediately. Makes 2 servings.

Raspberry Parfaits
2 Tablespoons        instant coffee powder
2 Tablespoons        water
1 1/2 cups              canned chocolate syrup (12-oz)
4 cups                    coffee ice cream
4 cups                    raspberry sherbet
                               sweetened whipped cream
8 to 10                    very thin, square chocolate mints

Chill 8 to 10 parfait glasses or large wine glasses. Dissolve instant coffee powder in water. Stir into chocolate syrup. In chilled glasses, alternate generous layers of coffee ice cream and raspberry sherbet with thin layers of coffee-chocolate syrup. Freeze until serving time. Just before servings, top with Sweetened whipped cream and garnish with a chocolate mint. Makes 8 to 10 servings.