Original Irish Coffee Recipe
Food + Drink — December 21, 2022 · Updated December 21, 2022 — By BLAC Staff
Who can resist a nice boozy coffee when it’s cold outside?! Not me! And with Detroit winters lasting sometimes half the year, there’s plenty of reason to take the nip off. A warming combination of Irish whisk
December 21, 2022 · Updated December 21, 2022
Who can resist a nice boozy coffee when it’s cold outside?! Not me! And with Detroit winters lasting sometimes half the year, there’s plenty of reason to take the nip off. A warming combination of Irish whiskey, strong sweetened coffee with a cream float on top is a great after dinner cocktail or anytime to take the chill out of a day.
Irish Coffee is a great compromise between a cocktail and coffee. Perfect after a filling dinner, this authentic Irish coffee recipe was picked up on our trip to Ireland ini ’08 from a Dublin bartender in exchange for telling him if my hair was really mine.
Original Irish Cofee
Ingredients
- 1 cup Freshly Brewed Hot Coffee
- 1 tbsp Brown Sugar
- 1 jigger Irish Whiskey (1 1/2 ounces or 3 tbsp)
- Heavy Cream slightly whipped
Instructions
- Fill footed mug or a mug with hot water to preheat it, then empty.
- Pour piping hot coffee into warmed glass until it is about 3/4 full.
- Add the brown sugar and stir until completely dissolved.
- Blend in Irish whiskey.
- Top with a collar of the whipped heavy cream by pouring gently over back of spoon.
- Serve hot.
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