The recipe

How to make it

1Warm the glass with hot water, then empty it.
2Pour in the hot coffee, add the whiskey and sugar, and stir until it dissolves.
3Pour the cream over the back of a spoon so it floats on top.

Variations: Sugar syrup can stand in for the sugar.

The ratio

1 : 2½ : 1

In parts, an Irish Coffee is 1 whiskey, 2½ coffee and 1 cream. Plus a touch of sugar. Change one part and you have a cousin; the closest are below.

Whiskey · 1Coffee · 2½Cream · 1

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Also whiskey

Seven and Seven

1 : 3½

Whiskey → Brandy

Horse’s Neck

1 : 3

Whiskey → Rum

Painkiller

2 : 4 : 1 : 1

Whiskey → Vodka

Madras

1 : 1½ : 1

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Bushwacker — Rum, coffee liqueur, crème de cacao, cream of coconut and milk blended with ice: a boozy chocolate-coconut milkshake.
Death Flip — Tequila, Jägermeister and yellow Chartreuse shaken with a whole egg into a rich, herbal flip.
Eggnog — Eggs, sugar, brandy, spiced rum, milk and cream blended smooth and served cold with nutmeg: the holiday classic.
Espresso Martini — Vodka, coffee liqueur and a fresh shot of espresso, shaken hard for a thick crema on top.
Grasshopper — Mint, chocolate and cream in equal parts: a pale-green after-dinner drink that tastes like a mint chocolate.

Estimated per drink, as served

Calories

≈ 302

Sugar

≈ 5 g

Strength

≈ 9.0%

Std. drinks

≈ 1.1

Cream ≈ 172Irish whiskey ≈ 110Sugar ≈ 15Coffee ≈ 5 How we estimate