The Irish Coffee's origin story begins in the mid-1940s at Foynes Airport, outside of Limerick in western Ireland. It was a damp, chilly evening and, as a thoughtful gesture, chef-cum-bartender Joe Sheridan is said to have whipped up a whiskey and coffee concoction for a group of Americans stepping off a Pan Am flying boat. When asked by one of the passengers whether the bevy in question was a Brazilian coffee, Sheridan allegedly christened the cocktail then and there, replying: "It's Irish coffee."
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