The Irish Coffee was created in the winter of 1943 by Joe Sheridan, chef at Foynes Port near Limerick, Ireland. Foynes was an airbase for transatlantic flights at the time that often carried political or Hollywood figures. The airbase was usually just a stop over for longer flights to refuel and often due to weather passengers would need to stay for the night and new restaurant was created to cater to these dignified passengers. One evening, a flight had to turn back to Foynes Air base mid way through its journey. Chef Joe Sheridan, feeling empathy for the delayed, cold and weary passengers decided to whip up something special for them to drink. The story goes that a silence descended as everyone enjoyed this delectable concoction. (Source: Weaver’s coffee ) Irish Coffee became a huge success and an airport specialty.
Soon after, a travel writer went to the source to get the perfect recipe for the coffee as he couldn’t make it the authentic way. According to Sheridan, an authentic Irish coffee should have cream as rich as an Irish brogue, Coffee as strong as a friendly hand, Sugar as sweet as tongue of the rogue and whiskey as smooth as the wit of the land.
Solving this poetic combination to get to the exact taste was not at all easy and after a little research we found it for you to heat up your body till your toes and savour it to the core.
