Talk:Irish coffee

Frosting the rim
Typically Irish coffee is presented in a glass whose rim has been frosted with sugar. [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/fr/0/04/Button_array.png Table[User:Ralian|ralian]] 08:48, 28 May 2006 (UTC)


 * I am sorry, Ralian, but I have never in my life encountered this. Dom0803 22:48, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Bad video
definitely not an irish coffe on the video


 * Holy Jesus what the hell was that? Looked like a cappuccino with alcohol to me.. since when did Irish Coffee contain Baileys?, and adding cream from a can ontop is blasphemous as far as Irish Coffee goes. There's a reason it's Irish. The rest of the world doesn't know how to make it.


 * I removed the external links category (it had one link) and the link, which is this video of Irish Coffee herry kerry --Dom0803 01:23, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Buena Vista Cafe?
The Buena Vista Cafe does indeed have a great view of San Francisco harbor and mixes a fantastic Irish coffee. I was surprised to see the claim that it invented Irish coffee in 1952. I'm fairly sure that black coffee with a shot of Irish whiskey was called Irish coffee in New York earlier than that. Jim Lacey (talk) 22:02, 5 March 2009 (UTC) The Buena Vista Cafe is a popular restaurant and bar in the Fisherman’s Wharf district of San Francisco known for their Irish coffee. It is common for a bartender to make many Irish coffees at once as a form of show or entertainment for customers, as presented in this video recording of Emeril Lagasse’s visit to the cafe around 2 minutes and 55 seconds in: https://www.cookingchanneltv.com/videos/the-buena-vista-0164704 Emmalovespinacoladas (talk) 04:49, 24 September 2019 (UTC)

Cocktails as Cuisine?
I believe the category Irish Cuisine should be removed from the article. Cocktails ordinarily don't fall under the definition of 'cuisine'. Bringing it to the talk page before changing it. -- Stani Stani  22:52, 29 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Agree, cocktails are not cuisine. If drinks were to be included, then Guinness would have to be included in Irish Cuisine, Manischevitz in Jewish cuisine, etc. The category should go.--JohnnyB256 (talk) 15:39, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

What "original recipe"?
In the lead we read: "The original recipe explicitly uses cream that has not been whipped". What "original recipe"? In the absence of same I intend to remove this statement. Any argument against? --candyworm (talk) 23:23, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

Removed Stout
I pulled Stout from the "see also" section, as I see no clear relationship between Irish cream and stout. Dfeuer (talk) 11:23, 8 August 2011 (UTC)

Photograph
Looks to me like someone's pouring thick whipped cream onto the coffee out of a big plastic container - and the whole point about Irish coffee, as the article says, is NOT TO USE WHIPPED CREAM, but to let it flow in small quantities over the back of a spoon (chilling the cream helps). Like serving draught Guinness properly, and like most good things in Ireland, it TAKES TIME. Whipped cream makes the drink taste a whole lot worse, as the scalding coffee has to be slurped up round the edges of the gobs of whipped cream (which is often pre-sweetened, making the drink even sweeter than it needs to be to keep the liquid cream afloat) - instead of through the liquid so that all the flavours blend. And what you inevitably see is that the heavy whipped cream seeps into the coffee, turning it brown within a minute or so, whereas - just like with properly served draught Guinness - there should be a clear dividing line between black and white, which remains distinct until the glass is almost empty. Sure, the correct method is more complicated in a busy bar or restaurant, and needs well-trained staff, but if you can't manage it, don't serve it - or at least don't call it 'irish coffee'. I've done it myself the right way many times, and that's why I'd never order the stuff in most places - it just isn't worth it.213.127.210.95 (talk) 19:13, 8 November 2015 (UTC)

geographic range
I always thought it was one of those well-known drinks everywhere until yesterday when I was out in central London and neither the bartender nor the people I was drinking with had ever heard of Irish Coffee. Is it not a thing here? 109.175.209.134 (talk) 19:25, 4 December 2016 (UTC)
 * In the UK it is usually considered an alternative form of coffee rather than a cocktail. It is commonly offered in restaurants as a post-meal drink.Martinlc (talk) 19:11, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

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International versions
Previous comments say there's only one way to make an Irish coffee. I think the article should acknowledge important international variations that are also known (locally) as "Irish coffee", even if they're made with Baileys or brown sugar or whipped cream or served in a mug, et cetera. —DIV (49.179.40.251 (talk) 13:32, 13 May 2022 (UTC))  Support good-faith IP editors: insist that Wikipedia's administrators adhere to Wikipedia's own policies on keeping range-blocks as a last resort, with minimal breadth and duration, in order to reduce adverse collateral effects;  support more precisely targeted restrictions such as protecting only articles themselves, not associated Talk pages, or presenting pages as semi-protected, or blocking mobile'' edits when accessed from designated IP ranges. ''
 * It does. That's the 'Variations' section. MrOllie (talk) 13:35, 13 May 2022 (UTC)


 * Yes. —DIV (49.179.40.251 (talk) 13:36, 13 May 2022 (UTC))