Black Flannel Academy

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Coffee · Cream · Creamy & dessert-like · Liqueur · Sweet · Vodka
White Russian cocktail photograph
Photo: White Russian Cocktail.jpg — Will Shenton · CC BY-SA 3.0. Resized for display; photo remains under its stated license. Similar cocktail shown: White Russian.

Coffee liqueur, Irish cream and vodka form a creamy dessert cocktail without requiring ice cream or a blender.

Named source specification · 1 reference serve.

Glassware

Rocks glass

Technique

Shake

Ice

Fresh cubes unless otherwise stated

Garnish

None specified

Preparation effort

Moderate

Ingredients & measurements

Ingredient mL US fl oz Source measure / qualification
Kahlúa coffee liqueur 30 1.01 30 ml Kahlúa coffee liqueur
vodka 30 1.01 30 ml vodka
Irish cream liqueur 30 1.01 30 ml Irish cream liqueur

Converted equivalents are rounded for display; use one measurement system consistently. Dashes, spoonfuls, fruit counts and unspecified top-ups remain source measures. A blank equivalent does not mean zero.

How to make it

Shake the three liquids with ice and strain onto fresh cubes.

Glass: Rocks glass. Ice: Fresh cubes unless otherwise stated. Garnish: None specified.

Flavor & balance

  • Sweet (dominant): Sweeteners, fruit or sweetened modifiers round the attack and add weight; product sugar varies.
  • Bitter (supporting): Cocktail bitters or coffee contribute a bitter accent; a small dose need not dominate.

Assess sweetness, bitterness and tactile drying separately. These flavor expectations are based on recipe structure, not measured tasting scores. Actual products, ice and dilution will change the result.

Preparation & batching

Service complexity: moderate. Batchability: spirit components only.

  • Measure and label the chosen product specification; chill appropriate glassware.
  • Set coffee extraction or preparation separately; standardize its yield and temperature.

Finish chilling, dilution and garnish at service. Trial the actual serving method before approving a batch. Workload is an editorial assessment; no labor timing or storage validation is claimed.

Ingredient checks: Milk: check dairy ingredients and all chosen products. These checks are not a complete allergen declaration for every brand or garnish.

Spirit & ingredient choices

Style Role Evidence level Qualification
S059 — Coffee Liqueur co-base documented Named ingredient fits this style family; confirm the chosen product identity.
S102 — Vodka — Neutral Character co-base qualified Unflavored neutral vodka is the working interpretation; the source does not specify retained-base character or distillation details.
S060 — Cream Liqueur co-base documented Named ingredient fits this style family; confirm the chosen product identity.

Recipe notes & variations

This shaken three-ingredient version differs from frozen dessert versions made with ice cream.

For a Black Flannel variation, change one component at a time and record the selected product, proof, sweetener concentration and dilution. Compare it with this reference before naming or publishing the variation.

Compare: B-52, Black Russian, White Russian.

Sources & further reading

  • Kahlúa — checked 2026-09-18. Recipe identity and published ingredient specification; editorial sensory and workload assessments are not source tasting results.

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