The original  Irish Coffee Recipe.

Irish coffee is probably one of the most famous of all Irish recipes.

Irish Coffee Recipes arose in 1942, when the chef of the restaurant at Foynes Airport in County Limerick, Chef Joe Sheridan, served up the first Irish Coffee to some passengers.

Foynes at that time was a very active flying boat airport between Europe and North America.

On one exceptional night a flight that had departed for New York via Newfoundland had to return to Foynes due to bad weather.
Recognising that the passengers would be cold and miserable the chef dreamt up this recipe for the passengers and of course called it Irish Coffee.

This whiskey based coffee went on to become world famous.

As a matter of fact there is now an Irish Coffee Festival in the birthplace of this famous drink, Foynes, County Limerick.

It is important to emphasise here that this Irish Coffee Recipe is nothing like a Baileys Irish Cream Coffee or an Irish Mist Coffee.
This is the first Irish Coffee.

Now for the best part, the Irish coffee recipe

In a pre-warmed, stemmed glass, place two teaspoons of brown sugarand 2 full lids full of Powers Gold Label Irish Whiskey.

Fill the glass to within 1cm or .5 of an inch with really hot strong Bewleys black coffee. Stir well to dissolve all the sugar then add lightly whipped irish cream so that it floats gently at the top of the glass.

DO NOT STIR AGAIN, but sip the coffee through the cream.

There you have it,the story of the original Irish coffee recipe,how to make Irish coffee and like most beautiful thing it’s beauty lies in it’s simplicity.
Irish Coffee Recipes are a little hard to define as strictly speaking Irish Coffee is a drink and using coffee, whiskey and cream does not necessarily make it Irish coffee. Just a thought, nonetheless try these out. Why not check out more authentic,traditional Irish recipes.