A long, gentle hot coffee drink: espresso let down with hot water, dark rum and cherry liqueur, under a layer of cream scented with orange zest and cinnamon.
Category: Popular
Glass: Irish coffee mug
ABV: 5%
Difficulty: Easy
Ingredients
Dark rum30 ml (1 oz)
Cherry liqueur (Cherry Heering)15 ml (0.5 oz)
Simple syrup22 ml (0.7 oz)
Hot water150 ml (5.1 oz)
Espresso30 ml (1 oz)
Fresh cream60 ml (2 oz)
How to Make It
Warm a glass mug with hot water, then empty it.
Add the rum, cherry liqueur, syrup, espresso and hot water and stir.
Whip the cream lightly and float it over the back of a spoon.
Grate orange zest over the cream and dust with cinnamon.
Garnish
Grated orange zest and ground cinnamon
The Story
Named after Van Brunt Street in Red Hook, Brooklyn, home of the bar Fort Defiance; the Dutch spelling nods to the neighbourhood's colonial past.
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