Contemporary Classics IBA
Black Russian
Coffee for night owls
A dark, brooding sipper where coffee liqueur and vodka meld into a bittersweet, velvety embrace. Deceptively simple, dangerously drinkable.
Ingredients
- 1 3/4 oz Vodka
- 2/3 oz Coffee Liqueur
Method
Pour vodka and coffee liqueur into an old-fashioned glass filled with ice cubes. Stir gently.
Created in 1949 by Gustave Tops at the Metropolitan Hotel in Brussels, Belgium, for Perle Mesta, U.S. ambassador to Luxembourg. IBA Contemporary Classics list. A vodka-and-Kahlúa standard since the 1950s. Per Difford's Guide #236 (diffordsguide.com/cocktails/recipe/236/black-russian).
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