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Irish Coffee

Name: Irish Coffee
Total time: 10 min
Yield: Serves 1
Cuisine: Ireland
Ingredients: 120ml (hot and strong) Coffee; 40ml Whiskey; 2 tsp Brown Sugar; 40ml Heavy Cream

Drink

⏱ 10 min

👥 Serves 1

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Irish coffee is hot coffee with sugar and Irish whiskey, topped with a layer of lightly whipped cream. You sip the hot coffee through the cool cream.

🍷 Please drink responsibly and only if you are of legal drinking age. Avoid alcohol if you are pregnant, breastfeeding, or driving.

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📖 The Story Behind This Drink

It’s credited to chef Joe Sheridan at Foynes airbase in western Ireland, forerunner of Shannon Airport, who made it for shivering passengers in the 1940s. A San Francisco bar later made it world-famous.

🌆 Where it’s enjoyed: On a rainy winter evening, someone warms up by a pub fire with a stemmed glass of Irish coffee crowned with white cream.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 1)

Coffee 120ml (hot and strong)
Whiskey 40ml
Brown Sugar 2 tsp
Heavy Cream 40ml

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Warm a heatproof glass with hot water, then pour it out.
Whip the cream lightly until it thickens but still pours (soft peaks just forming).
Put the brown sugar and hot coffee in the glass and stir until the sugar dissolves completely.
Stir in the whiskey.
Hold a spoon upside down just above the coffee and pour the cream slowly over it to float a layer about 1cm thick. Don’t stir.

💡 Tips for Success

Don’t overwhip the cream. Too stiff and it sits heavily; too loose and it sinks.
Dissolved sugar makes the coffee denser so the cream floats. Don’t skip it.
Use Irish whiskey such as Jameson for the authentic taste. Please drink responsibly and only if of legal drinking age.

🍽 Goes Well With

Irish Apple Cake

Barmbrack

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