Sometimes, the best recipes are the ones we least expect.

We forget how remarkable they really are because, since theyre always around, they dont feel special.

While talking with a few guests, one of the hostesses brought me aglass of punch.

Southern Living Coffee Punch ready to serve in a punch bowl with a few glasses beside

Credit:Fred Hardy II; Food Stylist: Ruth Blackburn; Prop Stylist: Christine Keely

I took it, and without examining the contents of my glass, took a sip.

“Ivy, do you like the punch?”

I can’t believe I forgot about coffee punch!"

How could this be?

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