When does one serve Irish coffee?

We used to serve it on Christmas Day at noon with cookies.

After dinner/dessert is the only time I’ve ever had it. Same with Mexican coffee.

After dinner, in cold weather,

What is Irish coffee?
Is it made with potatoes?

Hot coffee, Irish whiskey, and sugar, stirred, and topped with cream.

Mine is strong coffee with brown sugar, Jameson’s whiskey, and lightly sweetened whipped cream.

Restaurants will offer it on the dessert menu.

To me, it’s really heavy, like a dessert in and of itself. Anything hot with liquor and whipped cream would put me in a stupor.

@jca2 Irish coffee should never be with whipped cream. A high fat cream is warmed to room temperature and floated on top of the coffee.

@Kropotkin: Oh. I don’t drink it.

Interesting fact, (little Fact of the Day lol), Irish Coffee is not from Ireland. It’s an American invention. When I went to Ireland, they’re very proud to tell tourists that Irish Coffee is not from Ireland.

During the holidays, at work, out of a Thermos.

@Kropotkin That is not how an Irish coffee is made at the Buena Vista. They use slightly whipped heavy cream.

And, while most places have Irish coffee as a dessert drink, they can be drunk anytime of day to ward off the chill. I have had them with breakfast at the Buena Vista, they go well with bacon and fried eggs and sourdough toast.

@jca2 in 1952 the San Francisco Chronicle report Stanton Delaplane first had an Irish coffee at Shannon Airport outside Dublin. He is the one that took the idea to the Buena Vista. Irish coffees were the airports “welcome to Ireland” drink.

@zenvelo: You may be right. I was only telling what I learned when I visited Ireland.

The only Irish coffee I’ve ever seen or had was just plain coffee with whiskey added.

At the wake after internment.