Pour coffee liqueur and vodka directly into an Old-fashioned glass filled with ice cubes. Float cream on the top and stir in gently with a bar spoon.

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A White Russian is a sweet cocktail made from vodka, coffee liqueur (e.g., Kahlua or Tia Maria), and cream served in an old-fashioned glass with ice. Milk or Half & Half or Baileys Irish Cream are often used as substitutes for cream. Since the release of the cult film The Big Lebowski, White Russians have seen a resurgence amongst the current youth culture. The drink is not traditionally Russian, but is so named due to vodka being the primary ingredient. The "White Russians" were an anti-Bolshevik group from the Russian Civil War. The Oxford English Dictionary online refers to the first mention of the word "White Russian" in the sense of a cocktail as appearing in the Oakland (California) Tribune on 21 November 1965. It was placed in the newspaper as an insert: "White Russian. 1 oz. each Coffee Southern, vodka, cream." However, origins are speculative. It is also perceived to have been introduced as a dessert cocktail after World War I. This may actually be a misunderstanding of people incorrectly relating the drink to the anti-Bo...

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