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The ultimate Irish coffee

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Ingredients

  • 25ml/1fl oz Irish whiskey

  • 1 tbsp Irish whiskey liqueur

  • 1 tsp sugar syrup

  • 1 double espresso

  • 1 tbsp Irish cream liqueur

  • crushed ice

  • 4 fresh mint leaves, to garnish

Preparation method

  1. Pour the Irish whiskey, whiskey liqueur, sugar syrup, espresso and Irish cream liqueur into a cocktail shaker.

  2. Add a scoop of crushed ice and shake well.

  3. Strain the mixture into a champagne flute.

  4. To serve, twist the four mint leaves together to form a mint leaf clover. Garnish the glass with the mint leaf clover.

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