Cocktail recipe
Irish Coffee
A built cocktail featuring Irish whiskey, Coffee, Cream.
Ingredients
- 50 ml Irish Whiskey
- 120 ml Coffee
- 50 ml Cream
- 1 tsp Sugar
Method
- Warm a heatproof mug with hot water, then empty it.
- Pour in hot coffee, add the whiskey and sugar, and stir until the sugar dissolves.
- Lightly whisk the chilled cream until thickened but still pourable.
- Pour the cream slowly over the back of a spoon so it floats on the coffee. Serve warm without stirring the cream into the drink.
Story
Joe Sheridan, chef at the Foynes flying-boat terminal in Ireland, made it in 1943 to warm passengers on a turned-back transatlantic flight. Travel writer Stanton Delaplane brought it to San Francisco's Buena Vista Café in 1952, which still serves thousands a day.