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Irish Coffee

Hot sweet coffee and whiskey, sipped through a cold layer of cream.

Strength
Light
Sweetness
Balanced
Irish whiskeyDemerara syrupCoffeeCream

Ingredients

  • 40 ml1⅓ ozIrish whiskey
  • 15 ml½ ozRich demerara syrup (2:1)
  • 90 ml3 ozHot coffee
  • 30 ml1 ozDouble cream (float)

Makes one drink, about 175 ml before ice.

Method

  1. Warm the heatproof glass with hot water, then tip it out.
  2. Pour everything except the cream into the warm heatproof glass.
  3. Float the cream over the back of a spoon.
  4. Garnish: lightly whipped cream.
Glass
Heatproof glass
Ice
Served hot
Garnish
Lightly whipped cream
Tastes
Coffee, Creamy, Sweet

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