Real "Irish" coffee is an original cocktail, which includes natural coffee and strong whiskey. Thick homemade cream and various types of sugar are also added to it. Properly prepared, such a drink perfectly warms and allows you to relax.
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What is Irish Coffee
The unusual cocktail under discussion appeared in Ireland, which explains its current name.
The chef of one of the airport's restaurants treated frozen foreign tourists with coffee with whiskey and cream. The guests of the establishment were impressed by the delicious Irish drink. More and more new visitors began to ask to repeat the treat for them. Thus, Irish coffee quickly became popular first throughout Ireland and then throughout the world.
Today, such a cocktail is the only one that includes natural freshly brewed coffee. The obligatory alcoholic drink in the composition makes the drink exclusively “adult”.
In fact, whiskey coffee was served in Ireland a few decades before the legendary Irish coffee spread. The resourceful chef-bartender simply spectacularly decorated it, gave a memorable name and originally presented it.
The correct composition of the drink in Irish
The classic composition of Irish coffee has remained unchanged for many years.
It necessarily includes:
- quality Irish whiskey (1 part);
- good black coffee (2 parts);
- white sugar (1 tsp);
- and whipped cream (2 tbsp. l.).
It is advisable to use Jameson whiskey.
The specified dairy product in the original recipe is strictly prohibited to replace with milk.It is believed that a real classic cocktail is very difficult to make just because of the difficulty of acquiring fresh farm cream. A product from a spray can or liquid store changes the taste of a drink for the worse.
Of course, over time, bartenders began to experiment and improve the classic coffee cocktail recipe.
So, the Irish Cream coffee option is considered “ladies'”. In it, strong alcohol is replaced by cream liqueur.
Glass for Irish Coffee
There is a special glass for Irish coffee. In the history of the drink, it is noted that its first servings were served by the bartender as a cook in beer glasses due to the fact that the restaurant simply ran out of traditional coffee cups. As a sign of this tradition, the cocktail is still bottled in glassware.
The classic glass for the drink in question contains 220 - 240 ml of liquid. But those who wish can find on sale and dishes with increased volume. For example, 300 or 400 ml. True, a classic whiskey coffee cocktail is not prepared in such large portions.
The special glass has a rounded shape and a miniature leg. It is completely made of glass, including a pen. The material is used in a thick layer so that the drink does not cool too quickly. Special dishes make the cocktail “flaky”.
The classic recipe for Irish Coffee
Ingredients:
- Jameson whiskey - 40 ml;
- freshly brewed coffee - 90 ml (cezve or French press);
- farm whipped cream (thick and greasy) - 2 tbsp. l .;
- cane sugar - 1 tsp.
Cooking:
- Fill a glass for serving with boiling water. When the dishes warm up well, pour liquid out of it.
- While making coffee, mix whiskey with sugar and set fire. Sweet grains should slightly carmelize. You can do it right in the glass.
- Extinguish the flames and pour the prepared coffee into the ingredients.
- Preliminarily let the farm cream settle for 2 days, then beat until thick in a shaker with ice. It is very important not to overdo it and to prevent the dairy product from curling up. It should be thick, but without lumps.
- Spread the cream on the surface of the drink with a spoonful so that they do not drown.
You can take a sample from the finished Irish coffee.
How to cook with whiskey
This is a simplified version of the classic Irish coffee recipe.
Ingredients:
- whiskey (strong Irish) - 50 ml;
- fresh fat cream - 30 ml;
- white beet sugar - 1 tsp;
- freshly brewed coffee (black, strong) - 100 ml.
Cooking:
- Beat cream until thick with a blender.
- Pour freshly brewed strong coffee into a special glass. Add all declared granulated sugar.
- Measure a serving of whiskey. Set it on fire, then pour the alcoholic beverage into the coffee.
- Put a portion of cream on top of the cocktail.
Immediately serve a cocktail to the table.
Hot drink with Baileys liqueur
Ingredients:
- Baileys liquor - 70 ml;
- granulated sugar - 1 tsp;
- freshly brewed coffee - 150 ml;
- whipped cream - 2 tbsp. l
Cooking:
- Pour strong coffee into a special pre-warmed glass.
- Add sugar. Dissolve it in a liquid.
- Pour in an alcoholic drink.
Garnish the finished cocktail with whipped cream. You can also sprinkle it with grated chocolate.
Irish coffee with cinnamon
Ingredients:
- ground coffee - 2 dessert spoons;
- drinking filtered water - 1 full glass;
- fat cream - ½ tbsp .;
- sugar - 1 dessert spoon;
- whiskey / cream liqueur - 40 ml;
- milk chocolate - 5 cubes;
- ground cinnamon - 1 pinch.
Cooking:
- The first thing you need to make coffee. To thicken sank to the bottom, you need to throw a small ice cube into it.
- Immediately after this, drain the liquid into a special heated glass.
- Add the selected alcoholic ingredient mixed with sugar.
- Beat cream until thick and put on top.
Garnish the resulting cocktail with ground cinnamon and finely grated chocolate.
Design and serve Irish coffee
The discussed coffee cocktail is drunk without prior stirring. Coffee should pass through a layer of alcohol and cream. These ingredients enrich its taste and make it special.That is why whipped cream is always laid out on top of the finished drink - they should not drown in a cocktail.
The thick lush creamy “hat” can be decorated to your liking. For example, cocoa, grated chocolate, cinnamon, nutmeg and other spices to taste.
It is very important to serve a cocktail immediately after preparation. The drink should not be cooled.
