Cocktail · Ireland
Irish Coffee
Make authentic Irish Coffee with Irish whiskey, hot coffee, sugar and floating cream, using exact oz and ml quantities.
- Yield
- 1 cocktail
- Prep time
- 8 minutes
- Glassware
- Copper mug
- Base
- Whiskey
Ingredients
- 1.5 oz (45 ml) Irish whiskey
- 4 oz (120 ml) hot coffee
- 0.5 oz (15 ml) demerara syrup
- 1 oz (30 ml) lightly whipped cream
Garnish
Lightly grated nutmeg, optional
How to make it
- 1Warm a copper mug and measure each ingredient.
- 2Bring the water just to a simmer, add Irish whiskey, hot coffee, demerara syrup, lightly whipped cream, and steep or simmer gently for 4 minutes.
- 3Strain into the warmed copper mug and stir until the sweetener is dissolved.
- 4Finish with lightly grated nutmeg, optional and serve immediately.
The story behind Irish Coffee
Joe Sheridan is credited with creating Irish Coffee for cold travelers at Foynes in the 1940s. Irish whiskey, hot coffee and floating cream turned hospitality into one of Ireland’s most famous drinks.