That sounds wonderful.  Mmmm.  Been a while since I've bought a bottle of
godiva liqueur.  It would  be easy to make a vanilla cognac substitute by
dropping a vanilla bean into a nice brandy.  I'm thinking the cognac would
be sweeter than the vodka and suit the espresso.

My favorite drink many years ago was coffee, creme de cacao, brandy and
cream.  Had a whole bar trying it in Ensenada on an unusually cool evening.

Jo

Try to find a chocolate liqueur called Godet. I think it makes Godiva
taste like canned Hershey's syrup.

Victor... try this... I'm winging the recipe, sorry!
Buy some of that Enteman's chocolate cake and cut it into cubes
Cherry brandy
Cherries (remove the stems)
whipped cream
A little chocolate syrup.
Layer this in the brandy glass
That's it.

Jill

For some reason, I read it as DESERT in a glass, and had visions of a
post talking about those colored sand patterns under glass. It's been a
long day. ;o)

Helen M

When I was young, I used to enjoy a drink called a "Pink
Squirrel", made with creme de cocoa.  It was pink and
frothy, and they served it with a filbert/hazelnut in it.
That was pretty good, too, but I'm not sure it's even served
anymore.  There are so many, MANY liqueurs now that no one
had ever heard of, then - in those days, dessert mixed
drinks had to rely on creme de cocoa (pink squirrel), creme
de menthe (grasshopper) and brandy (brandy Alexander).  That
was about it, the other "after dinner" drinks were straight
cognac or liqueurs like Drambouie (which is enough akin to
scotch whiskey so no one ever thought of mixing it with
anything), Cointreau or orange Curacao.  Evidently fashions
in everything change, even drinks.  It would be interesting
to compare my old paperback "Bartender's Guide" (pub. 1955)
with  a contemporary one!