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Irish Coffee
Autumn 2003
Invented in Shannon, Ireland, as a balm for airline passengers disembarking from a particularly rough trans-Atlantic flight, Irish Coffee is all about comfort and warmth, not mountains of whipped cream and the extraneous addition of liqueurs.
2 oz Irish whiskey
1 to 2 tsp sugar
Freshly brewed black coffee
1 to 2 oz heavy cream
1. First, heat the glass with hot water. Discard the water and fill the glass to within an inch or so of the rim with coffee.
2. Add the whiskey and sugar and stir well. Pouring over the back of a spoon, float the cream on top of the coffee.
3. Serve without a spoon. The idea is for the coffee to be sipped through the layer of cream, not for the cream to be stirred into the coffee.
