Black Russian Cocktail
- Deadly
- coffee
- sweet
A coffee and sweet, seriously strong cocktail, stirred until cold, served in an old fashioned glass.
Serve in: old fashioned glass
Ingredients
- 2 ozvodka
- 1 ozcoffee liqueur
- iceoptional
How to Make a Black Russian
Instructions
- Pour the ingredients into the old fashioned glass filled with ice cubes.
- Stir gently.
Tips & substitutions
- No vodka? Try gin.
The glass
Serve this one in an old fashioned glass. The old fashioned glass or rocks glass is a short tumbler used for serving spirits, such as whisky, neat or with ice cubes. It is also normally used to serve certain cocktails, such as the Old Fashioned, from which it receives its name.
Did you know
This combination first appeared in 1949 and is ascribed to Gustave Tops, a Belgian barman, who created it at the Hotel Metropole in Brussels in honor of Perle Mesta, then United States Ambassador to Luxembourg. The cocktail owes its name to the use of vodka, a typical Russian spirit, and the blackness of the coffee liqueur. This recipe renders a fairly dry version of the Black Russian and is a solid starting point. You can use more Kahlúa and less vodka to make a sweeter drink.
