The Buena Vista has been making normal-sized Irish coffees for 50 years.

Last week, the Buena Vista Cafe broke the Guinness World Record by mixing up a 15-gallon Irish coffee. The glass used to hold the coffee, cream, sugar and whiskey was three feet tall.

From yumsugar.com:

A case of Tullamore Dew filled the glass one-third full as the scent of whiskey permeated the air. A box of confectioner’s sugar and countless pots of fresh-brewed, sustainably grown organic coffee was added to the gigantic glass as the crowd cheered in anticipation. Just-whipped heavy cream topped off the concoction to create the world’s largest Irish coffee.

After the drink was deemed worthy of record-breaking status, it was quickly divided among the crowd. That’s nothing new for Buena Vista, which claims to have served up more than 37 million Irish coffees in the last 56 years.

Leave it to the Irish to have invented a breakfast drink with whiskeyin it, and leave it to Americans to make 15 gallons’ worth.