Ingredients
- Irish whiskey ✓ you have it 4 cl
- Drip coffee hot ✓ you have it 9 cl
- Cane sugar ✓ you have it 2 tsp
- Cream lightly whipped ✓ you have it 3 cl
Hot coffee, Irish whiskey and brown sugar, crowned with a layer of lightly whipped cream – you drink it through the cream.
Method
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1
Preheat the glass with hot water.
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2
Add the sugar and coffee and stir until the sugar dissolves.
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3
Add the whiskey.
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4
Gently float the cream on top over the back of a spoon.
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Illustrative image · AI-generated for Cocktailline. This is roughly how a Irish Coffee is classically served.
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