Cocktail recipe
Irish Coffee
- Glass
- Irish coffee glass
- Method
- Stirred
- Served
- Hot
- Garnish
- None
- Base
- Whiskey
Ingredients
- Irish whiskey50 ml
- Hot coffee120 ml
- Brown sugar1 tsp
- Cream50 ml
Method
Warm the glass, stir sugar into hot coffee and whiskey, then float lightly whipped cream on top.
Flavour profile
StrengthLight
LightBoozy
Sweet to sourLeans dry or sour
SweetSour or dry
Worked out from the ingredients and their proportions, after dilution: about 7.4% alcohol by volume. An estimate, not a lab reading.
Techniques in this drink
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