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n. 1 A cocktail containing vodka and a coffee-flavoured liqueur such as Kahlua. 2 (&lit Black Russian English) {{gloss|(w: Afro-Russian)}}
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The Black Russian is a cocktail of vodka and coffee liqueur. It contains five parts vodka to two parts coffee liqueur, per IBA specified ingredients. Traditionally the drink is made by pouring the vodka over ice cubes or cracked ice in an old-fashioned glass, followed by the coffee liqueur.
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 U.S. ambassador to Luxembourg. The cocktail owes its name to the use of vodka, a typical Russian spirit, and the blackness of the coffee liqueur.
Black Russian is a cocktail comprising vodka and coffee liqueur. It may also refer to:
- Black Russian Terrier, a breed of dog
- Black Russian, a type of Sobranie cigarette
- Black Russian, a variety of tomato
- Members of the African diaspora who emigrated to Russia
- Frederick Bruce Thomas, Mississippi native and the son of former slaves who became a prominent citizen of Moscow and, later, Constantinople.
Usage examples of "black russian".
Then, last of all, he saw the back of a man leaning negligently against the window-frame and smoking a black Russian cigarette in a tapered holder: and when the man turned round Reynolds saw that it was the Count.
She poured boiling water over loose black Russian Caravan tea, waited for the cut leaves to settle to the bottom.
Along the firebreak between the trees came a large black Russian motor car.
Depending on who you ask, he's either the 'Black Russian' or the 'Mad Russian.
A tiny worked-silver spring lever kept Huaishan Han's vile black Russian cigarettes in place.
He scooped up enough caviar to feed a Park Avenue household for a year, slapped it onto a slab of black Russian bread.