Name: Irish Coffee 'Martini'
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Irish whiskey; 60 ml Espresso coffee (hot); 15 ml Brown sugar syrup; 30 ml Cream

Irish Coffee 'Martini'
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Serve in a Martini glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Irish whiskey
2 oz	Espresso coffee (freshly brewed & hot)
¹⁄₂ oz	Demerara/Muscovado/brown sugar syrup (2 sugar to 1 water)
1 oz	Single cream/half-and-half

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Martini glass.
Prepare coffee beans for garnish.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Garnish with 3 coffee beans floated in a petal formation in the centre of the cocktail's foamy head.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Single cream/half-and-half - Dairy

Review:

Forget sipping warm java through a cold head of cream. This 'Martini' version of the classic Irish Coffee offers all the flavour without the moustache.

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Variant:

Belfast Coffee

History:

Created in 2003 by yours truly in London, England.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Irish Coffee 'Martini' contains 213 calories

Alcohol content:

0.9 standard drinks
8.82% alc./vol. (8.82° proof)
13.2 grams of pure alcohol

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