Black Russian

IBA Official Cocktail
A Black Russian cocktail
Type	Cocktail
Primary alcohol by volume	Vodka
Served	On the rocks; poured over ice
Standard drinkware	Old fashioned glass
IBA specified ingredients†	5.0 cl (5 parts) Vodka 2.0 cl (2 parts) Coffee liqueur
Preparation	Pour the ingredients into the old fashioned glass filled with ice cubes. Stir gently.
†Black Russian recipe at International Bartenders Association

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.

[edit] Variations

• A variation is the Tall Black Russian, prepared in the same manner is 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

• White Russian

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