New Year's Irish Coffee Recipe

We always ring in the new year at home. We have a large number of friends and family join us at our home to party together. There are lost of holiday cocktails to choose from. This year I whipped-up (quite literally) a bunch of Irish Coffees and egg nog. This batch of Irish Coffees was particularly good so I thought I would publish the details of their construction.

Ingredients:
• 2oz (6cl) Jameson Irish Whiskey or Bushmills Black
• 4oz (12cl)  Peet's Coffee Holiday Blend Coffee
• 1tbsp (1.5cl) dark brown sugar
• approx 3oz (9cl) hand whipped cream (prepared as described below)

I prepared the whipped cream by whisking 8 oz (24cl) heavy whipping cream, 2oz (6cl) powdered sugar and 1tsp (.5cl) vanilla extract to soft peaks. The drinks were assembled by mixing the sugar and whiskey together, wile it was still in motion, pour in the coffee and top off with the whipping cream. We used standard 10-12oz coffee mugs and when the drink was ready, the cream was filling it to the top.

Like many drinks, there are many slight variations with Irish Coffee, but this batch excellently brought in the new year. And  apparently it's the healthiest of the holiday drinks too.