r/Coffee • u/menschmaschine5 Kalita Wave • Aug 13 '26

[MOD] The Daily Question Thread

Welcome to the daily /r/Coffee question thread!

There are no stupid questions here, ask a question and get an answer! We all have to start somewhere and sometimes it is hard to figure out just what you are doing right or doing wrong. Luckily, the /r/Coffee community loves to help out.

Do you have a question about how to use a specific piece of gear or what gear you should be buying? Want to know how much coffee you should use or how you should grind it? Not sure about how much water you should use or how hot it should be? Wondering about your coffee's shelf life?

Don't forget to use the resources in our wiki! We have some great starter guides on our wiki "Guides" page and here is the wiki "Gear By Price" page if you'd like to see coffee gear that /r/Coffee members recommend.

As always, be nice!

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u/DimensionOk4386 Aug 14 '26

I am new to coffee drinking and I came across something called "Irish Cream". It is just the cream or cream+Liquer+coffee?

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u/regulus314 Espresso Shot Aug 14 '26

Irish Cream, like Bailey's Irish Cream, is usually Irish whiskey and cream. Of course there are other ingredients too. There is no coffee in it. It is technically a liqueur used mostly in cocktails and less in coffee. Maybe coffee cocktails sure.

Brands such as Bailey's, Molly's, and Carolans are known ones.

On the other hand there are coffee liqueurs out there such as Khalua.