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Irish coffee
Sign in to savecocktail of hot coffee, Irish whiskey and sugar
Key facts
- Type
- Mixed drink
- Ingredients
- 50 ml (1.7 US fl oz) Irish whiskey 120 ml (4.1 US fl oz) hot coffee 50 ml (1.7 US fl oz) fresh cream (chilled) 4.929 ml (1 tsp ) sugar
- Base spirit
- Irish whiskey
- Standard drinkware
- Irish coffee mug
- Served
- Hot
- Preparation
- Pour the coffee into a preheated glass, add whiskey and sugar, and stir until dissolved. Pour cream slowly to form a distinct layer.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- IBA official cocktail
- Image
- Irish Coffee 2025.jpg
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- Commons category
- Irish coffee
- native label
- Irish coffee
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Encyclopedic overview
Irish coffee (Irish: caife Gaelach) is a caffeinated alcoholic drink consisting of Irish whiskey, hot coffee and sugar, which has been stirred and topped with cream (sometimes cream liqueur). The coffee is drunk through the cream.
Origin
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Irish coffee” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.