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Belfast Coffee

Name: Belfast Coffee
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Poteen/Poitín; 15 ml Brown sugar syrup; 60 ml Cold brew concentrate; 30 ml Heavy/double cream

Difford’s Guide

Discerning Drinkers (2)

Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
1 fl oz	Poteen/Poitín
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Demerara/Muscovado/brown sugar syrup (2 sugar to 1 water)
2 fl oz	Cold brew coffee concentrate
1 fl oz	Double cream / heavy cream (chilled)

How to make

Glass

Photographed in a Libbey Irish Coffee 6oz

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a TODDY GLASS.
Prepare garnish of nutmeg.

Method

STIR first 3 ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into chilled glass.
FLOAT cream.

Garnish

Dust with freshly grated nutmeg.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Belfast Coffee contains 216 calories

Alcohol content:

0.8 standard drinks
8.4% alc./vol. (16.8° proof)
11.4 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Double cream / heavy cream — Dairy

History

Adapted from a recipe created circa 2017 by the team, particularly Lukas Etus and Dave Mulligan, at Ladies & Gents bar in Kentish Town, London. Dave Mulligan influenced the use of his Bán Poitín in the recipe and went on to launch his award-winning Bar 1661 in Dublin, where he popularised this cocktail. The Belfast Coffee is now served in other bars across the island of Ireland and as far afield as the USA.

Review

A cold Irish Coffee based on poitín, which influences the flavours of the coffee and demerara sugar to add dark chocolate notes, distinguishing it from being a mere Irish Coffee served cold.