Black Russian
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| IBA Official Cocktail | |
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| A Black Russian cocktail | |
| Type | Cocktail |
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| Served | On the rocks; poured over ice |
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| IBA specified ingredients† |
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| Preparation | Pour the ingredients into the old fashioned glass filled with ice cubes. Stir gently. |
| †Black Russian recipe at International Bartenders Association | |
For other uses, see Black Russian (disambiguation).
The Black Russian is a cocktail of vodka and coffee liqueur (usually three parts vodka to two parts coffee liqueur, per the Kahlúa bottle's label, or five parts vodka to two parts coffee liqueur, per IBA specified ingredients). It is traditionally poured over ice cubes or cracked ice in an old-fashioned glass.
This combination first appeared in 1949, and is ascribed to a Belgian barman who created it at the Hotel Metropole in Brussels in honor of Perle Mesta, then U.S. ambassador to Luxembourg.[citation needed] The cocktail owes its name to the use of vodka, a stereotypical Russian spirit, and the blackness of the Kahlúa.
As taught in bartending school the memory cue for the contents of this drink is "Violent Kids".[citation needed]
[edit] Variations
- A variation is the Tall Black Russian, prepared in the same manner as a Black Russian, except that it is served in a taller glass and topped up with Cola.
- When served in Ireland, it is sometimes finished with a Guinness 'head'.
[edit] See also
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