Not exactly a cocktail, but way too important -- and popular to omit. Whiskey seems to have a special affinity with coffee -- make sure the coffee is fresh and hot and that the cream covers the top.

Created in 1942 by Joe Sheridan, a bartender at Foynes airport. In 1947 ,at the end of his trip to Ireland , an American journalist , Stan Delaphane visited the bar and tried the Irish coffee and was so impressed with it that he passed on the recipe to his local bartender, the Buene Vista café, in San Francisco and so the recipe spread and became popular.

PREPARATION :

Warm a Irish Coffee glass/cappuccino cup. Put the sugar in the base, then add whiskey and hot coffee, almost filling the cup, and stirring well. Float the cream on top and sprinkle some dark chocolate powder for the garnish.

Some variations :

Calypso Coffee is made with Tia Maria

Caribbean Coffee with dark rum

Mexican Coffee with Kahlua

Monk's Coffee with Benedictine

Normandy Coffee with calvados

GARNISH :

Dark Chocolate powder