Which liqueur gives a classic White Russian cocktail its coffee flavor?
Answer
Coffee liqueur
Coffee liqueur gives a classic White Russian cocktail its coffee flavor.
A White Russian combines vodka, coffee liqueur and cream or milk. The ingredients are generally built over ice in a rocks glass, producing a layered or blended drink with a sweet coffee character.
The cocktail developed from the Black Russian, which uses vodka and coffee liqueur without dairy. The word “Russian” refers to vodka, not to a confirmed Russian place of invention.
The most famous modern cultural appearance of the White Russian is in the 1998 film The Big Lebowski, where the drink is associated with the character Jeffrey “The Dude” Lebowski. A White Russian is not the same as an iced coffee: its defining alcoholic ingredients are vodka and coffee liqueur.