Black Russian

Rich and delicious, coffee liqueur and Cola is mixed with Ketel One.

Serves:

Ingredients

0.75oz Ketel One Vodka

0.75oz Coffee Liqueur

5oz Cola

Equipment

1 Highball Glass

1 Bar Spoon

method

Add all ingredients to a Highball filled with ice.
Stir and serve.

Alcohol content:

12.8 g per serve

Interesting Facts

The Black Russian was featured in the film The Big Lebowski (1998). In the film, the character Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski orders a White Russian, but is mistakenly served a Black Russian.

History of the Drink

Coffee liqueur and vodka are mixed together to create the Black Russian cocktail. It is thought that Gustave Tops, a Belgian bartender invented it in 1949 at the Hotel Metropole in Brussels in honor of Perle Mesta, the United States ambassador to Luxembourg at the time. It has been called "one of the classic cocktails of the mid-Twentieth Century" and rose to popularity in the 1950's and 1960's.