🇮🇪 Irish Cuisine

Irish Coffee

Irish Coffee

Prep Time 5 min
Servings 1
Difficulty Easy
Calories 166 kcal

Hot strong coffee laced with Irish whiskey, sweetened with brown sugar, and crowned with a thick layer of cold lightly whipped cream.

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1 Preheat a stemmed Irish coffee glass by filling with hot water for 30 seconds, then pour out.
  2. 2 Add brown sugar to the warm glass and pour in hot coffee. Stir until sugar dissolves.
  3. 3 Add Irish whiskey and stir once to combine.
  4. 4 Lightly whip cream until it just holds a pour — it should not be stiff.
  5. 5 Pour the cream gently over the back of a spoon so it floats on top of the coffee.
  6. 6 Serve immediately. The coffee is sipped through the cold cream — do not stir.

Did You Know?

Joe Sheridan invented Irish coffee at Foynes flying boat terminal in 1943 to warm up passengers arriving on cold winter transatlantic flights.