Cinnamon Coffee -- Without the Mess - cinnamon

Method

• Measure your usual quantity of coffee into the filter of your 10-12 cup drip pot.
• Hit the half cinnamon stick with a hammer or meat mallet to break it into splintery pieces -- not too huge, not too fine.
• Put the cinnamon splinters into the filter with the coffee.
• Pour the vanilla over the coffee and cinnamon in the filter.
• Fill your drip machine with water in your usual way.
• Run it to make the coffee, using the "strong" selection on the slide if there is one.
• Good hot or iced with sweetener and whitener of your choice.
• Note -- A dollop of whipped cream and a dusting of ground cinnamon makes an elegant presentation for a special occasion.
• Note -- Works just fine on decaf too.