Orgasm
Coffee, almond and cream.
Three liqueurs in equal parts: coffee, amaretto and Irish cream. Sweet, velvety and unpretentious, it is a dessert-style after-dinner drink, a child of the 1980s fashion for creamy cocktails.
- After dinner
- Shaken
- Glass
- Rocks glass
- Method
- Shaken
- Strength
- Light
- Time
- 3 min
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Ice
- Cubes
Ingredients
Measures for 1 serving
-
Coffee liqueur
30 ml
-
Amaretto
30 ml
-
Irish cream liqueur
30 ml
Proportions
How to make
- Fill a shaker and an old fashioned glass with ice.
- Pour the coffee liqueur into the shaker.
- Add the amaretto.
- Add the Irish cream liqueur.
- Shake briefly.
- Strain into the glass over ice.
The story
Origins
LegendA story passed down, not confirmed by the sources.
The Orgasm has no documented origin: neither its inventor nor its birthplace is known. It belongs to the wave of sweet, creamy drinks with provocative names that boomed in the 1980s, the same era as the Screaming Orgasm, which Difford's Guide counts among that decade's best-known cocktails and which becomes a plain Orgasm without vodka. Many recipes share the name; the most common combines coffee liqueur, amaretto and Irish cream, served on ice or layered as a shot. In 2004 the IBA added it to its official list under the most popular drinks, but dropped it in the 2011 revision.
Sources (5)
- Cocktail Mag — Orgasm (opens in a new tab) recipe and history
- Difford's Guide — Screaming Orgasm (opens in a new tab) recipe and history
- Wikipedia — Orgasm (cocktail) (opens in a new tab) recipe and history
- Cocktail Mag — Orgasm Shooter (opens in a new tab) recipe
- Wikipedia — List of IBA official cocktails (opens in a new tab) recipe
Taste profile
- Sweet
- 4 out of 5
- Creamy
- 4 out of 5
