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Black Russian Cocktail

"The black Russian gets its name from the use of the quintessential Russian spirit, vodka, and the darkness the drink has from the addition of coffee liqueur."

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Black Russian Cocktail

Why it works: Vodka and coffee work together. They rank in the top 23% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 65 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Black Russian Cocktail

1 cocktail
Prep5 min

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By allrecipes. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Vodka + coffeetop 23% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together65 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs