The secret to a perfect Irish coffee

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It’s at this time of year, when my tank’s almost empty, that I start craving Irish coffee. Its comforting collision of hot, sweet caffeine, Irish whiskey and thick, cold cream is like being shot from a blazing cannon into the depths of a duck-down duvet.

It’s really important the cream is cold

The recipe was invented in the 1940s by the Irish chef Joe Sheridan as…