Irish coffee
I have strong feelings about the Irish coffee. Every single citizen of this country should know how to make one perfectly. There should be a test for it on the Leaving Cert. If you are in a licensed premises that serves food and your waiter doesn’t offer you an Irish coffee at the end of the meal, that waiter should be fired and the restaurant should be fined.
Seriously, though, the Irish coffee is literally one of the most popular cocktails on the planet. It showcases two of our best exports: booze and dairy. Yet in most bars and restaurants in Ireland, when you go to order one, you’ll either be met with disgust that you’ve even asked for such a thing or you’ll be served something awful. We need to take back ownership of the Irish coffee, and if that starts at home in the kitchen with the following recipe, then that’s as good a place as any. Here’s my step-by-step guide.
Next why not try more cocktail recipes from the House & Garden archive?
Recipe extracted from Irish Kitchen Cocktails by Oisín Davis (Nine Bean Rows, £15.50)
