The Piscoffee is a preparation based in coffee and

pisco Pisco is a colorless or yellowish-to-amber colored brandy produced in winemaking regions of Peru and Chile. Made by distilling fermented grape juice into a high-proof spirit, it was developed by 16th-century Spanish settlers as an alternative ...

which has two variations, a cold and a hot one. Iced piscoffee is very similar to

piscola 250px, Two piscolas with ice Piscola or Combinado Nacional (national mix) is a highball cocktail, made of pisco and most commonly a cola drink, that is popular in Chile. A piscola may be ''black'' or ''white'' depending if it is mixed with a col ...

, three ice cubes, Pisco and iced coffee or iced tea if preferred. Hot piscoffee is very similar to

Irish coffee Irish coffee ( ga, caife Gaelach) is a caffeinated alcoholic drink consisting of Irish whiskey, hot coffee and sugar, which has been stirred and topped with cream (sometimes cream liqueur). The coffee is drunk through the cream. Origin Differe ...

is prepared by adding cream and pisco to a cup of coffee. This preparation appears in recent times among law students, apparently at the

Pontifical Catholic University of Chile The Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (''PUC or UC Chile'') ( es, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile) is one of the six Catholic Universities existing in the Chilean university system and one of the two pontifical universities i ...

. It has become popular among many students of that discipline at all universities in Chile, due to the widespread practice of those enrolled to study at night to stay awake while studying.

References

{{mixed-drink-stub Alcoholic coffee drinks Cocktails with pisco