Black Russian

The story of the Black Russian and White Russian cocktails dates back to the 17th century and a family recipe for creating a coffee flavored liqueur that was named in honor of a family maid that was instrumental in secretly transporting the famed recipe in a wooden box with a pair of ear rings from Jamaica to Spain during a Jamaican revolutionary uprising. A creative barman at the Metropole Hotel in Brussels added the liquor to vodka in honor of a visiting dignitary and the rest is history. That was the creation of the Black Russian.