* irish coffee Different variations of coffee cocktails pre-date the now-classic Irish coffee by at least 100 years. From the mid-19th century, the Pharisee and the Faiker were served in Viennese coffee houses ; both were coffee cocktails served in glass, topped with whipped cream. The former was also known in northern Germany and Denmark around that time. Around 1900, the coffee cocktail menu in the Viennese cafés also included Kaisermelange , Maria Theresia , Biedermeier-Kaffee and a handful of other variations on the theme. [ citation needed ] In 19th-century France, a mixture of coffee and spirits was called a gloria . " Un trait de son caractère était de payer généreusement quinze francs par mois pour le gloria qu'il prenait au dessert ." (Balzac, Le Père Goriot , 1834, I.) " Il aimait le gros cidre, les gigots saignan...
