The Shamus And His Irish
From elgourmand2 8 years ago
- 5 min to make
- Serves 1
When I was in the airline game I flew on FOC passes and I used to travel from Honolulu to LA and back once a month, to attend a sales meeting. I always flew Air New Zealand because they always had first class seats available, they had great food, excellent service, no movies and no children allowed in first class. Read more Always the same crew so we got to know eachother. Shamus Kelly was the chief purser on those flights, an ex Canard Line purser who made the switch. He once stopped the plane as it was taxiing out for takeoff because Host International had failed to put a bottle of Bushmills Irish Whiskey on board. Host International delivered toot sweet. Serious about his Irish Coffee was our Shamus. See less
Ingredients
- • One 8 oz. (235 mls.) stemmed glass cup of freshly brewed best quality hot coffee. shopping list
- • 1 tsp. white sugar. shopping list
- • 2 oz. (60 mil.) Bushmills Irish whiskey. Shamus was known to have a liberal hand here. shopping list
- • 2-3 Tbs. freshly whipped cream. No cool whip, miracle whip, etc. shopping list
- • A few drops of Cream de Month liquor. shopping list
How to make it
- 1. Brew up the coffee and pour into the glass, leaving 2 in. (5 cm.) head space. The coffee should be no hotter than 165° F. (75° C.) to avoid cooking off the alcohol.
- 2. Add the sugar and stir.
- 3. Add 2 oz. Bushmills Irish Whisky. Jamison’s will work. Stir gently.
- 4. Whip the cream until it’s stiff and will hold a peak.
- 5. Gently spoon the cream onto the coffee. Done properly, the cream will not cloud the coffee.
- 6. Gently drip a few drops of Cream de Month onto the cream.
- 7. Serve.
- At 36,000 ft. (10,973 M), traveling at 620 Knots and about 1 hour from Honolulu; this is a nice touch.
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