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.
What you'll needOrder at brandbar.ua
  • Sugar syrup
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  • Whiskey
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Questions and answers

Irish Coffee: where to get the ingredients?

All 2 items are BrandBar catalogue bottles; the “I want it” button next to each one opens it at brandbar.ua. 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, Syrup Black Chocolate (Black Chocolate) 0.5 L (Coffeeshop Amster), Syrup Pecan – salted caramel (Pecan – solona karamel) 0.5 L (Coffeeshop Amster). 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%, Whiskey LIQUEUR William Peel Honey 0.7 L 35%, Whiskey Whisky Sir Pitterson Premium Blended Scotch 0.7 L, 40%. 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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