How To Make an Irish Coffee
- December 3, 2007
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Howcast Media
Directed by
Kevin Hall
Voice-Over Artist
Georgia Haege
Production Designer
Karin Olsen
Music
Edison Music Corp
Art Director
Dew Gueramian
After dinner, after hours, or even after a long St. Patrick’s Day, Irish coffee is the one delicious pick-me-up you won’t find at your local coffeehouse.
You Will Need
- 1 1/2 oz. Irish whiskey
- 6 oz. hot coffee
- 2 tsp. brown sugar
- Whipped cream
- A stemmed glass coffee mug or a regular coffee mug
- A spoon
- A measuring jigger
Step 1: Warm glass or mug
Run hot water slowly over the glass or mug until it’s at room temperature, or warmer, and dry it.
Pouring hot coffee into a cold glass could cause the glass to crack.
Step 2: Add brown sugar
Add brown sugar.
Step 3: Pour whiskey & coffee
Pour in the whiskey and hot coffee, leaving a bit of room at the top for whipped cream.
For a cold version of this, chill sweetened coffee before adding the whiskey, or freeze some in an ice cube tray.
Step 4: Stir well
Stir well, until the sugar to dissolves completely.
Step 5: Add whipped cream
Squirt or spoon a dollop of whipped cream so it simply sets on top of the drink.
Step 6: Do not stir
Do not stir—not only does the hot drink taste better sipped through the cream, it stays warmer longer with the cream on top.
The drink Irish Coffee was devised in 1942 at an exclusive Irish airport to welcome American VIPs like Humphrey Bogart and Eleanor Roosevelt.
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Comments (4)
mmm... looks great.. Could be also cool to die the cream green with a bit of food coloring.. give it that St. Patrick's day charm
over 3 years ago by michael
Yes, just don't put the Whiskey in!!
about 1 year ago by Adrian_James
is there any way to make it w/o the whiskey??? im only a kid
about 1 year ago by pjluvr101
It's quite nice with a shaking of chocolate powder over the cream!
over 3 years ago by Blikes
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