Irish Coffee Recipe - Simple Joy (2024)

What is Irish Coffee?

Irish coffee is a co*cktail that combines coffee, sugar, and whiskey and is topped with whipped cream, through which you drink the coffee mixture. It’s roots come from coffee houses in Vienna in the mid-19th century.

While the roots of this recipe don’t really seem to be Irish at all, rather from other parts of Europe, this delightful drink is easy to make at home and the perfect St. Patrick’s Day co*cktail.

How to Make Irish Coffee

This is a brief overview of how to make this fantastic St. Patrick’s Day co*cktail. For the full recipe with all of the measurements, please see the recipe card at the bottom of the post.

1. Brew the coffee. Nothing special here, just make your coffee as you always do.
2. Make whipped cream. While the coffee is brewing whip up some whipped cream.
3. Stir in sugar and whiskey. Add 1 tablespoon of brown sugar and 1 ounces of whiskey to each 8 ounce glass of coffee.
4. Top with whipped cream. One of the best parts of drinking this co*cktail is drinking it through the cream on top. While you can stir it in, I love it just floating on top.

How to Make Whipped Cream

Whipped cream is so easy to make! It is just a few simple steps. You could even kick this recipe up a notch and, as mentioned below, make Chocolate Whipped Cream to go on top.

1. Freeze a metal bowl and whisk (the whisk attachment for a stand mixer or the beaters for a handheld mixer) for 15 minutes. This is an essential step, and they both must be metal.
2. In the cold metal bowl, combine 1 tablespoon sugar and 1 cup heavy whipping cream.
3. Beat the two together with the cold metal whisk until stiff peaks form.

Chocolate Whipped Cream

Chocolate Whipped Cream is only three ingredients! Easy to make and is the perfect addition to any dessert! You can even use it as frosting.

Irish Coffee Mugs

You can drink this great co*cktail in any mug, it might be a little more fun in these Irish coffee mugs. You can purchase the ones you see here. They are affordable, but very breakable. There are lots of other great options out there.

5 from 2 votes

Serves: 2 coffees

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Notes

To make homemade whipped cream, put a metal bowl in your freezer for 15 minutes. When the 15 minutes is up, add one tablespoon of sugar to the bowl. Then add one cup of heavy whipping cream. Whip with a handheld mixer on high until the cream thickens and forms peaks.

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