Maybe it's the convivial Irish spirit, or maybe it's because ultimately this is an alcoholic coffee drink decadently topped with whipped cream, but Irish coffee has a tendency to veer toward excess.
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With many of the versions we sampled, either the ratio of whiskey to coffee was so skewed that you wouldn't be blamed if you forgot there was any coffee to begin with, or they were so sweet you could have ordered them off a dessert menu. Li...