Caffeinated alcoholic coffee fruit beverage

A method for producing a caffeinated coffee fruit alcoholic beverage comprising steps of:

• (a) placing a predetermined amount of dried coffee fruit, without coffee beans, into a predetermined amount of hot water producing a first mixture;
• (b) steeping the first mixture producing a second mixture comprising caffeine from the dried coffee fruit;
• (c) adding in at least one sweetener to the second mixture to produce a third mixture;
• (d) cooling the third mixture to room temperature producing a fourth mixture;
• (e) adding at predetermined amount of at least one microbe to the fourth mixture producing a fifth mixture;
• (f) fermenting the fifth mixture producing a sixth mixture that comprises ethanol and carbon dioxide from the fermentation and at least some of the caffeine;
• (g) filtering the sixth mixture producing a seventh mixture;
• (h) adjusting an ethanol content of the seventh mixture to a target ethanol content level producing an eighth mixture;
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• (i) carbonating the eighth mixture producing a ninth mixture.