How To Make The Perfect Irish Coffee, According To Experts
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And yes, people actually do drink it in Ireland.
Legend has it that in the winter of 1943, Joe Sheridan, the chef at Foynes Port near Limerick, Ireland, decided to whip up something a little special for stranded airbase passengers ― a mixture of whiskey and coffee with heavy cream floated on top. It became an instant hit and an airport specialty.
Nine years later, San Francisco Chronicle travel writer Stanton Delaplane tried the concoction at the airport and loved it so much that he asked a bartender in San Francisco (Jack Koeppler at the Buena Vista Hotel) to recreate it.
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