Irish Coffee: Smoke Screen

Name: Irish Coffee: Smoke Screen
Yield: 1 cocktail
Cuisine: Ireland
Ingredients: 1 1/2 oz Irish whiskey; 4 oz hot coffee; 2 tsp brown sugar; Lightly whipped cream; 1 pinch smoked sea salt

Foynes, Ireland Europe/Dublin

History

Chef Joe Sheridan served the warming combination to delayed passengers at Foynes airbase in 1943. Travel writer Stanton Delaplane carried it to San Francisco. This is a clearly labeled house field riff rather than a historical classic: Smoked salt sharpens the base spirit while suggesting a distant getaway fire.

Whiskey · yields one cocktail

Ingredients

11 1/2 oz Irish whiskey
24 oz hot coffee
32 tsp brown sugar
4Lightly whipped cream
51 pinch smoked sea salt

Method

01Dissolve sugar in hot coffee and whiskey; float cold cream over a spoon.
02Mix in a very small pinch of smoked salt and garnish as directed.

Enjoy responsibly. Recipes are intended for adults of legal drinking age.