Base: Whiskey

Irish Coffee

Hot coffee with whiskey under a layer of lightly whipped cream.

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Quick answer: 40 ml whiskey • 100 ml hot coffee • 15 ml sugar syrup

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● Medium 5 min
Irish Coffee

Ingredients

Story

Created in 1943 at Foynes airport to warm passengers of a transatlantic flight forced back by a storm.

Method

  1. 1Warm the glass and add sugar syrup with the whiskey.
  2. 2Top with hot coffee, leaving 2 cm at the rim.
  3. 3Whip the cream until it just pours but still holds — that's the right consistency.
  4. 4Float it over the back of a spoon and drink through it without stirring.
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  • Sugar syrup126 ₴
  • Whiskey807 ₴
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Questions and answers

Irish Coffee: how much do the ingredients cost?

A full set of bottles at our prices is about 933 UAH (2 items). That is not the price of a single cocktail: one bottle lasts for many servings, and some of them go into other recipes too.

Irish Coffee: what do you need?

40 ml whiskey; 100 ml hot coffee; 15 ml sugar syrup; 30 ml cream.

What can replace “Sugar syrup” in this recipe?

Any item from the same selection will do — for example Syrup Brandbar Original Lime (Lime orydzhynal) 0.7 L PET (126 UAH), Syrup Black Chocolate (Black Chocolate) 0.5 L (Coffeeshop Amster) (66 UAH), Syrup Pewithan – salted caramel (Pecan – solona karamel) 0.5 L (Coffeeshop Amster) (66 UAH). The taste will change, but the ingredient keeps its role in the drink.

What can replace “Whiskey” in this recipe?

Any item from the same selection will do — for example Whiskey William Peel Blended Scotch Whisky 0.2 L 40% (183 UAH), Whiskey LIQUEUR William Peel Honey 0.7 L 35% (384 UAH), Whiskey Whisky Sir Pandtterson Premium Blended Scotch 0.7 L, 40% (387 UAH). The taste will change, but the ingredient keeps its role in the drink.

Irish Coffee: how long does it take?

About 5 minutes, 4 steps.

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