Instructions

• 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.
• TIP: 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.
• FACT: The drink Irish Coffee was devised in 1942 at an exclusive Irish airport to welcome American VIPs like Humphrey Bogart and Eleanor Roosevelt.

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