Irish Coffee Recipe | Gimme Some Oven (2024)

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What was original Irish coffee made of? ›

The official, original Irish coffee recipe from Sheridan is a five step process with only four ingredients: hot coffee, sugar, cream, and whiskey. The first step is to preheat your glass with hot water.

Sugar. Whether you take sugar in your coffee or not (I don't, but coffee snobs can do one as far as I'm concerned), it is essential here, and not just for flavour. Without it, your cream won't float properly, so please, don't be tempted to cut back.

Old standbys like Jameson and Bushmills work well, but there's a new emerging class of good Irish whiskies to consider, like Slane and Teeling. The same goes for the whipped cream on top. Skip the stuff that comes out of a can, and opt for heavy cream, whipped until it has thickened but not yet stiff.

Irish cream coffee (also known as Baileys coffee) can be considered a variant of Irish coffee, but involves the use of Irish cream as a "pre-mixed" substitute for the whisky, cream and sugar.

Baileys coffee is a spin on Irish coffee using Baileys Irish Cream instead of cream and sugar. Irish coffee is a classic co*cktail you probably already know: warm coffee with a shot of Irish whiskey, topped with whipped cream. The modern version was invented in the 1950's in Ireland.

Put whisky into warmed glass, add coffee and sugar to taste. Pour cream over back of spoon to give thick coating on top. Sip the very hot coffee through the layer of cool cream.

To give you a brief explanation… All coffee is slightly acidic and made up of various organic acids. Lactic acid is one of these acids. When a coffee that is maybe a little higher in lactic acid is mixed with older milk (milk continues to build more and more lactic acid as it ages), then curdling can occur.

Now, take the whipped cream and gently pour it over the top of the Irish coffee. This is best done using a bar spoon (or normal kitchen spoon) and by carefully pouring the whipped cream onto the back of the spoon. This means that the whipped cream and Irish coffee remain separate.

Should I Stir Irish Coffee? No — you'll add the cream and serve without stirring. The difference in temperature between the hot coffee and the cream is all part of the experience.

HOW TO MAKE. Into an Irish coffee mug (it's a thing – look it up), or heat resistant mug, add Kahlúa coffee liqueur, Jameson Irish whiskey and your favorite hot coffee. Spoon the whipped cream on top and garnish with grated nutmeg ('tis the season!)

Do Irish people drink Irish coffee in the morning? ›

I can dispel a few prevalent myths regarding Irish coffee: Irish coffee is a morning or breakfast beverage: While coffee is traditionally consumed in the morning, Irish coffee is not typically consumed as a breakfast beverage.

Buena Vista acquired the recipe from a renowned travel writer who obtained it from the true inventor: a bartender at Foynes International Airport in Limerick. While Ireland as a country prefers tea as their hot drink of choice, Irish coffee in particular is making a name for itself both in and out of Ireland.

Irish whiskey has a smooth, round flavor, as opposed to the smoky quality of Scotch whisky. If you don't have Irish whiskey, substitute bourbon.

St. Patrick's Day or not, an Irish Coffee is an ideal fall and winter co*cktail thanks to its warming nature—both from the hot coffee and the toasty whiskey, while the cream ensures a velvety richness. The co*cktail has a fascinating history spanning continents.

As he stirred, he splashed a little bit of the drinks out here and there, to make sure each cup looked the same all down the bar. Irish whiskey, always Tullamore Dew, was next and then cold heavy cream spooned on top. And there you have it: the famous Irish coffee, reportedly invented right here in this bar.

The Irish Coffee was born on a typically stormy winters night on the wild west coast of Ireland in 1942. At that point in the early 1940s the west coast of Ireland, specifically Foynes in County Limerick, was one of the key stop-off destinations for air travel between Europe and the United States and Canada.

Irish Coffee was created in the winter of 1943 by Joe Sheridan, chef at Foynes Port near Limerick, Ireland. Foynes had become one of the biggest civilian airports in Europe during World War ll and then an airbase for transatlantic flights that often carried political or Hollywood figures.

The History Of The Irish Coffee co*cktail

Joe Sheridan, a chef and bartender at the airport's restaurant, decided to whip up a special drink to warm up the chilly passengers. He brewed up some hot coffee and added a shot of Irish whiskey to each cup.