How is a traditional Irish coffee made, and where is it from?
The Foynes Flying Boat Museum in County Limerick keeps the original method, and it has not needed improving since 1943. Warm a stemmed glass, add a teaspoon of brown sugar and a good measure of Irish whiskey, fill to within a centimetre of the brim with strong black coffee, and stir until the sugar dissolves. Then pour lightly whipped cream over the back of a spoon so it floats in a clean layer, and do not stir again: the drink is taken through the cream. Chef Joe Sheridan made the first one for cold flying boat passengers at Foynes, and the museum on the Shannon Estuary still serves it that way.
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Sources
- Foynes Flying Boat and Maritime Museum, Foynes, Co. Limerick: Joe Sheridan and the 1943 Irish coffee, and the museum recipe
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