Official spec
- Vodka50 ml
- Coffee liqueur20 ml
Method
Pour the ingredients into an old fashioned glass filled with ice cubes. Stir gently.
Garnish
No garnish.
IBA note. White Russian: float fresh cream on top and stir it in slowly.
Author's version
The Author's Menu · Rocks glass
- Vodka55 ml
- Kahlúa35 ml
Method
Build in the glass over ice and stir.
History
It came about in 1949 at the Hotel Metropole in Brussels, at the hands of Belgian bartender Gustave Tops. He created the drink in honor of Perle Mesta, then the United States ambassador to Luxembourg.
Sources: official IBA spec and Wikipedia.
Flavor
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Pairs with
desserts · coffee
Sweet and full-bodied, it stands in for dessert or goes along with it.