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Spirit-forward · Shaken · Historical · complexity 2/5

Coffee Kirsch

Daly's Coffee Kirsch is a chilled black-coffee cocktail with kirschwasser, brandy, and maraschino.

coffee · stone_fruit · sweet · warming · after-dinner · formal

Served in Fancy stem glass. Ice: Fine ice.

Variants (2)

Daly's Bartenders' Encyclopedia by Tim Daly (1903, p.113)

1 ponybrandy base
0.5 glassice — fine icebase
1 small cupblack coffee dilution
1 wine glassKirschwasser modifier
2 dashesMaraschino modifier
  1. Shake the fine ice, kirschwasser, brandy, maraschino, and black coffee well.
  2. Strain into a fancy stem glass and serve.

Ice: Fine ice

Jack's Manual by J. A. Grohusko (1910, p.45)

1 dashbrandy base
0.5 spoonsugar base
0.5 portioncoffee — cold black coffeedilution
1 ponyKirschwasser modifier
ice — fine shaved iceother
  1. Shake the sugar, Kirschwasser, cold black coffee, brandy, and fine shaved ice until frapped.
  2. Strain into a wine glass and serve.

Ice: Fine shaved ice

See also: Coffee Cocktail, Champagne Frappe