• Food & Drink »

  More Categories

  • Arts & Media
  • Business & Finance
  • Careers & Education
  • Cars & Transportation
  • Crafts & Hobbies
  • Environment
  • First Aid & Safety
  • Games
  • Health & Nutrition
  • Holidays & Celebrations
  • House & Garden
  • Kids

  • Language & Reference
  • Mind & Body
  • Parenting & Family
  • Performing Arts
  • Personal Care & Style
  • Pets
  • Religion & Spirituality
  • Sex & Relationships
  • Sports & Fitness
  • Technology
  • Teens
  • Travel
  • All Categories
• Bartending Guides »

  More Categories

  • Coffee, Tea and Other Drinks
  • Beer
  • Wine
  • Drinking
  • General Cooking
  • American Cooking
  • Asian Cooking
  • Bread
  • Breakfast
  • Caribbean Cooking
  • Chili, Soups & Stews
  • Cooking Basics
  • View More...
• Mixed Drinks »

  More Categories

  • Blender Drinks

How To Make an Irish Coffee

• Info
• Comment
• Playlist
• Favorite
• Report

• 2,323 views
• 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.
• Added December 3, 2007

Link

Embed Customize

Hide options

Choose from the following options, the embed code changes based on your selection.

Color

117

Size Width Height

Playback Enable full screen player Automatically start playing video Show slow motion controls

Preview Embed Code (Copy and paste this code onto your site) <object width="425" height="352" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" id="howcastplayer"><param name="movie" value="http://www.howcast.com/flash/howcast_player.swf?file=117"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.howcast.com/flash/howcast_player.swf?file=117" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="352" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" ></embed></object>

Add To Playlist

Preview

Close

Embed Code (Copy and paste this code into your site)

This video has Easy Steps. | Show all steps » Print

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.

Show comments rated greater than 10 Show comments rated greater than 5 Show comments rated greater than 0 Show comments rated greater than -5 Show comments rated greater than -10

Comments View all (2)...

Show Tip by michael (Rated 1)

• -
• +
• 1

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

Reply about 1 year ago by michael

Show Comment by Blikes (Rated 0)

• -
• +
• 0

It's quite nice with a shaking of chocolate powder over the cream!

Reply 5 months ago by Blikes

View all comments (2)...

Post a Comment

Join us or Sign in to post a comment. Sign in using your Facebook to comment
and share your activity with your friends