Pour the ingredients into the old fashioned glass filled with ice cubes. Stir gently.
TheBlack Russian is acocktail ofvodka andcoffee liqueur. It contains 50 ml vodka and 20 ml coffee liqueur, perIBA specified ingredients.[1]
The drink is made by pouring the vodka and coffee liqueur overice cubes or cracked ice in anold-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 cocktail is mentioned by the Italian judicial and criminal witness Alberto Biggiogero during testimony in the trial concerning the death of Giuseppe Uva, a case covered by the television program Un giorno in pretura.[citation needed]
In the filmThe Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear, the protagonist Frank Drebin (played by Leslie Nielsen) orders the famous drink in one scene.
