A liqueur coffee is a coffee drink with a shot of liqueur. It may be served in a special liqueur coffee glass, often with cream and sugar. Liqueur coffee are all variants on what is widely known as Irish coffee, hot coffee with whiskey and a layer of cream (not whipped) floated on top. Liqueur coffees are particularly popular in Galicia, where is considered a traditional drink. Galician liqueur coffee is made from a blend of coffee, sugar and augardente (orujo).
Liqueur coffee names [edit]
This is a list of names sometimes given to liqueur coffees. Some, such as Irish coffee, are widely used and more-or-less standard (there is actually an "official" recipe, but it is not enforced); others local and idiosyncratic. There are many variations in nomenclature: the same name may be used for different combinations:
- Whisky Coffee, with whisky
- Gaelic Coffee, with whisky
- Bailey's Coffee or Sultan Special Coffee, with Baileys Irish Cream
- French Coffee, with Grand Marnier
- Brandy Coffee, with brandy (any sort)
- Italian Classico, with Amaretto
- Caffe Corretto, with Grappa and/or Sambuca
- English Coffee, with gin
- Calypso Coffee, Spanish coffee, or Jamaican coffee, with rum and Tia Maria or Kahlúa
- Shin Shin Coffee, with rum
- Monk's Coffee, with Bénédictine
- Seville Coffee, with Cointreau
- Witch's Coffee, Strega
- Russian Coffee, or Karsk with Vodka
- Corfu Coffee, Koum Quat with liquor
- Skye Coffee, with Drambuie
- The Real Foul One, with Absinthe
- American Coffee, with Bourbon
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