Irish Coffee Recipe - Simple Joy (2024)

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Irish Coffee recipe

Pour away the water. Add the sugar and coffee and stir until completely dissolved. Add the whisky to the coffee and stir. From a jug with a good spout and over the back of a teaspoon, pour your slightly whipped cream over the surface of the coffee until you hit the rim of the glass.

Use a whiskey you'd drink neat. 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Jameson, Bushmills, Slaine, Proper No. 12, and really any other entry-level Irish whiskey are all going to be excellent.

Kahlua is a dark liquid without the creaminess of Baileys. They both taste of coffee but kahlua is much stonger. If you want one to add to coffee I'd suggest Kahlua, but if you want one to sip alongside your coffee I'd suggest Baileys.

However, which one should you choose from the two of them depends on what you typically like to eat/drink. If you're looking for something sweet with chocolate notes, Baileys is your best bet. On the other hand, if you're looking for something creamy with coffee notes, Kahlua is your best bet!

Which is stronger Baileys or Kahlua? ›

The Kahlua alcohol percentage is around 20%—slightly higher than Baileys alcohol content which is typically 17%. Kahlua and Baileys are versatile liqueurs that make delicious co*cktails when combined with other ingredients.

If using lightly whipped cream, pour it slowly over a warm spoon onto the coffee, being careful not to break the coffee's surface. This takes some practice. A more foolproof way to not break the surface is to whip the cream a bit more and dollop it gently on top. Drink while hot!

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. The milk may not be spoiled enough to cause an off odor or flavor, but just enough acid and heat (in addition to its own) can cause curdling.

To prevent Baileys from curdling pour Baileys into the cup first, then slowly add coffee. Using coffee that's not too hot can also help.

A medium roast is the way to go

Hot coffee, sugar, Irish whiskey, and whipped cream are the ingredients that make an Irish coffee. In perfect harmony, sweet sugar offsets the bitterness of the coffee, while the fiery spirit is instead tamed by a dollop of rich cream, creating satisfaction in every sip.

Pour piping hot coffee into warmed glass until it is about 3/4 full. Add the brown sugar and stir until completely dissolved. Blend in Irish whiskey. Top with a collar of the whipped heavy cream by pouring gently over back of spoon.

Rule number one is to never stir an Irish coffee. You should be drinking it with the cream layer still distinctively separated so every mouthful is firstly of sweet cream, followed by a boozy, toffee coffee layer.