Irish Coffee
Hot coffee and Irish whiskey sweetened with sugar, then chilled cream floated carefully over a spoon. Drink the warm coffee through the cool cream — that's the whole point.
Medium
Difficulty
5 min
Time
163 Cal
Calories
Flavor profile
Whiskey
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Ingredients
- Coffee4 oz
- Irish Whiskey1 ¾ oz
- Sugar1 tsp
- Cream1 ¾ oz
Instructions
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.
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