Whisky Focus - How To Make The Perfect Irish Coffee

Want to know how to make the perfect Irish Coffee, well here is how you do it.

Perhaps you have enjoyed the pleasure of an Irish Coffee after a meal in a restaurant or evening out, you maybe even had an Irish Coffee during the recent St. Patricks Day celebrations on the 17th of this month, and perhaps you thought to yourself, I should make myself one of those at home if only I knew how. Well you have no excuse not to make one now as with a little help from Jameson Irish whiskey and Dublin coffee roasters TwoFifty Square I am going to reveal to you How To Make The Perfect Irish Coffee - Jameson Style.

The perfect Jameson Irish Coffee serve has been created by three experts, bringing together the best of their respective fields to craft a cocktail worthy of St Patrick’s Day. Unveiled at Jameson-owned speakeasy The Butchers, the collaborators – Jameson Head Blender Billy Leighton, renowned mixologist Nick Strangeway and local coffee roasters TwoFifty Square – have deconstructed and reassembled the serve with an emphasis on taste and perfectly balanced flavours. By challenging convention, Jameson aims to see a revival of this often overlooked classic.

The ingredients you will need to make the perfect Irish Coffee - Jameson Style is:

• 35ml Jameson whiskey.
   
• 90ml medium-roasted espresso coffee
   
• 10ml Demerara and Muscovado sugar syrup
  (Dissolve 2 parts Demerara sugar and 1 part Muscovado sugar in 3 parts of boiling water)
   
• 30ml lightly whipped double cream
   
• Vanilla pod, cinnamon stick, freshly ground nutmeg

How to make the perfect Irish Coffee - Jameson Style:
What you will need to make the perfect Irish Coffee - Jameson Style is:

• Stir the sugar syrup into the Jameson in your warmed glass
   
• Whip your chilled double cream lightly until it starts to stiffen
   
• Brew a 45ml shot into your glass from your espresso machine
   
• Reload and brew in a second 45ml shot
   
• Pour the whipped cream over the back of a spoon so it floats on top
   
• Garnish with a trimmed vanilla pod or a stick of cinnamon
   
• Dust with a grating of fresh nutmeg

The final step is easy, enjoy the perfect Irish Coffee - Jameson Style!

If you need some Jameson Irish whiskey to make your Irish Coffee you will find a great selection available from specialist whisky shops such as The Whisky Exchange
 

• UK Shops
   
• USA Shops
   
• European Shops
  

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