| IBA official cocktail | |
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A black Russian cocktail
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| Type | Cocktail |
| Base spirit | |
| Served | On the rocks: poured over ice |
| Standard drinkware |  |
| IBA specified ingredients† |
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| Preparation | Pour the ingredients into the old fashioned glass filled with ice cubes. Stir gently. |
| Commonly served | After dinner |
| † Black Russian recipeatInternational Bartenders Association | |
The Black Russian is a cocktailofvodka and coffee liqueur. It contains 50 ml vodka and 20 ml coffee liqueur, per IBA specified ingredients.[1]
The drink is made by pouring the vodka and coffee liqueur over ice cubes or cracked ice in an old-fashioned glass and stirring.[2] The Black Russian is often garnished with a lemon slice and a Luxardo maraschino cherry on a stick.[3]
The Black Russian cocktail first appeared in 1949 and is ascribed to Gustave Tops, a Belgian barman, who created it at the Hotel MetropoleinBrussels in honor of Perle Mesta, then United States Ambassador to Luxembourg.[4] The cocktail owes its name to the use of vodka, a typical Russian spirit, and the blackness of the coffee liqueur.
