Jameson Irish Coffee
This traditional Irish Coffee recipe comes from Waterford, Ireland. It's the Jameson whiskey that makes it an authentic Irish Coffee.
Servings: 1 serving
Ingredients
- 2 oz Jameson Irish whiskey
- 2 tsp sugar demerara or brown
- 6 oz hot coffee freshly brewed
- 2 tbsp lightly whipped heavy cream
Instructions
- Put a teaspoon into a stemmed glass coffee mug and pour some boiling water into it. (The spoon reduces the chance that the glass will crack, but be careful!) Swirl the water around to warm the mug and dump it out.
- Pour the whiskey into the warmed glass.
- Add the sugar.
- Add coffee up to within an inch from the rim.
- Stir until all the sugar has dissolved. (The sugar helps the cream float on top, so don’t try to use artificial sweetener.)
- Hold the spoon upside-down, just above the surface of the coffee. Gently pour the whipped cream over the back of the spoon so it floats on top of the coffee. (Now you’ll have a glass of black coffee with a white layer of cream on top.)
- OPTIONAL: Garnish with a trimmed vanilla pod or cinnamon stick, OR dust with a grating of fresh nutmeg.
- Serve the coffee on a plate with NO SPOON.
- Drink the coffee through the layer of cream.
Notes
Most Irish coffee recipes specify heavy cream, and some advise that lightly whipping the cream will make it float more easily. The fresh cream we used at Granville had been whipped so perfectly that we could just plop thick dollops on top with no effort.