Irish Coffee
Hot coffee spiked with Irish whiskey and brown sugar, finished with a float of lightly whipped cream.
Base
whiskey
Glassware
Mug
Flavor Profile
sweetstrong
Ingredients
- 1.5 oz Irish whiskey
- 4 oz hot brewed coffee
- 1–2 tsp brown sugar
- Lightly whipped cream, to top
Instructions
- 1Warm a heatproof glass or Irish coffee mug.
- 2Add brown sugar and hot coffee, stirring until the sugar is fully dissolved.
- 3Add the Irish whiskey and stir to combine.
- 4Gently float lightly whipped cream on top and serve without stirring.
Origin & Story
Foynes, Ireland, 1943
Chef Joe Sheridan is credited with warming up cold, weary transatlantic flying-boat passengers with coffee spiked with Irish whiskey and cream, a recipe later brought to San Francisco's Buena Vista Cafe in the 1950s.
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