Irish Coffee Hot Drink Recipe
There are dozens of versions Irish coffee, but mine stays true to the original, first popularized in the 1950s at San Francisco’s Buena Vista Cafe. Purists will tell you to use only top-quality whisky, and to sip the beverage through the cream, rather than stirring it up.
Ingredients
| ~ | boiling water | |
| 2 | ounces | Irish whisky |
| 1 | sugar cube* | |
| 8 | ounces | hot black coffee |
| ~ | whipped cream |
| *Substitute 1 teaspoon of superfine sugar if cubes are unavailable. |
