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DRINK RECIPES
Experience the Irish Coffee
Adventure, travel, and airport experiences served in a hot glass
The Recipe
If you want to know more, read on. If you’re just here for a recipe, here it is. Mix away, and Cheers.
- 2 tsp. sugar (or 2 sugar cubes)
- 3 to 4 oz. Brewed coffee
- 1 1/3 oz. Irish Whiskey
- 1 oz. Heavy cream, lightly whipped
Pre-heat glass by filling with hot water and emptying when hot. Add sugar to the glass, then pour over coffee until the glass is 3⁄4 full. Stir until the sugar is dissolved. Add Whiskey. Float a layer of cream over the top by pouring gently over a heated spoon. The Buena Vista Café makes the definitive Irish Coffee using a 6 oz. glass, Tullamore Dew Whiskey, and sugar cubes. Vary the recipe at your own peril.
The Experience
This drink is about adventuring into the new and unexpected. It’s like being on an unplanned trip where you discover the perfect pizza in a tiny café, stumble into a local unadvertised chocolate festival, or accept a celebratory drink from a new father in a language you don’t speak just so you can be part of his joy. There is the excitement of blending into a new place and opening…
