{"id":2692,"date":"2017-05-03T10:00:04","date_gmt":"2017-05-03T08:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gusto.it\/?p=2692"},"modified":"2017-05-02T17:22:24","modified_gmt":"2017-05-02T15:22:24","slug":"white-russian-and-black-russian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gusto.it\/en\/white-russian-e-black-russian\/","title":{"rendered":"White Russian and Black Russian. Story of two cocktails that were not born in Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Although the adjective could be misleading, these two <strong>cocktail<\/strong>, The <strong>White Russian<\/strong> and the <strong>black Russian<\/strong>, were not born in Russia, but in Belgium.<br \/>\nIn reality, it is not known which of the two was created first, the fact is that they are the result of the creativity of a Belgian barman, <strong>Gustave Tops<\/strong>, who created this cocktail in 1949 at the Hotel Metropole in Brussels in honor of <strong>Mesta Pearls<\/strong>, the then American ambassador to Luxembourg.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>black Russian<\/strong> It owes its name to its basic ingredients: vodka, the traditional Russian spirit, and to the dark color given by the coffee liqueur. The White Russian, on the other hand, has both vodka and the light color given by the cream.<br \/>\nFive parts of <strong>vodka<\/strong> and two of<strong> Coffee Liquor<\/strong> (The <strong>Kahlua<\/strong> Mexican, la <strong>Tia Maria<\/strong>, of Mexican origin or, in the absence of these, in the Italian version, the <strong>Borghetti coffee<\/strong>): these are the indications for the Black Russian.<\/p>\n<p>Same doses but with the addition of <strong>cream<\/strong> liquid previously whipped with the shaker or, alternatively, of <strong>milk<\/strong>, as regards the <strong>White Russian<\/strong> which, having a delicate and sweet flavour, despite the non-negligible alcohol content (generally around 20% vol), can also be served as a dessert.<\/p>\n<p>Both must be prepared directly in one of those beautiful glasses <em>old fashion<\/em> called <strong>rocks glass<\/strong> or <strong>tumbler<\/strong>.<br \/>\nThe <strong>black Russian<\/strong> can be decorated with <strong>Lemon peel<\/strong>. No decorations for the <strong>White Russian<\/strong>, which shouldn&#039;t even be mixed, but if anything served with a short straw to be able to mix it while sipping it slowly.<\/p>\n<p>Many <strong>variations<\/strong> of the <strong>black Russian<\/strong>, such as for example the<strong>Australian Black Russian <\/strong>or <strong>Colorado Bulldog<\/strong>, served in long drink glasses with added cola, and the <strong>Black magic<\/strong>, with a few drops of lemon juice and garnished with lemon peel. And there are also many variations of <strong>White Russian<\/strong>, such as <strong>White Canadian<\/strong>, with goat&#039;s milk and <strong>White Cuban<\/strong>, with rum instead of vodka.<\/p>\n<p>Last curiosity about these two <strong>cocktail<\/strong> which can be enjoyed at <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/gusto.it\/en\/taste-at-28\/cocktail-bar\/\">cocktail bar &#039;Gusto at 28<\/a><\/strong>: The <strong>White Russian<\/strong> it is the favorite drink of the protagonist of the cult film <em>The Big Lebowski<\/em> and also the title of a piece of music by <strong>Marillon<\/strong>, British prog rock band, active since the late seventies.<\/p>\n<p>Now that you know everything (or almost) about these two famous cocktails, all you have to do is come to &#039;Gusto to try our version...<br \/>\nDrinking truly quality drinks is always a great experience. But doing it just a few steps away from the Mausoleum of Augustus has a completely different flavour!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bench\u00e9 l\u2019aggettivo che potrebbe trarre in inganno, questi due cocktail, il White Russian e il Black Russian, non sono nati in Russia, bens\u00ec in Belgio. In realt\u00e0, non \u00e8 dato sapere quale dei due sia stato realizzato per primo, fatto sta sono il risultato della creativit\u00e0 di un barman belga, Gustave Tops, che realizz\u00f2 questo [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2693,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"14","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gusto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gusto.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gusto.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gusto.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gusto.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gusto.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2692"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gusto.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2692\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gusto.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gusto.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gusto.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gusto.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}