IBA: Contemporary Classics Whiskey
Irish Coffee
Hot coffee, Irish whiskey and sugar under a float of cold cream. Foynes, Ireland, 1940s.
- Method
- Built
- Glass
- Irish coffee glass
- Served
- Straight up, no ice
- Strength
- 8.9% ABV about 1.1 standard drinks
Ingredients
224 ml before ice, about 224 ml in the glass
- 50 ml Irish whiskey
- 120 ml Hot coffee
- 50 ml Cream
- 1 tsp Sugar or 7.5 ml simple syrup
Method
- Warm black coffee is poured into a preheated Irish coffee glass.
- Whiskey and at least one teaspoon of sugar is added and stirred until dissolved.
- Fresh thick chilled cream is carefully poured over the back of a spoon held just above the surface of the coffee.
- The layer of cream will float on the coffee without mixing.
- Plain sugar can be replaced with sugar syrup.
Garnish
None. IBA serves it without a garnish.
Recipe as specified by the International Bartenders Association. Strength is an estimate that allows for dilution from ice.
If you like the Irish Coffee
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