Black Russian Recipe (With Homemade Coffee Liqueur)

🧂 Ingredients

• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 cup light brown sugar
• 2 cups water
• 2 tablespoons instant coffee
• 1 dash vanilla extract
• 2 cups vodka or rum

  to taste
• Ice
• 2 ounces vodka
• 1 ounce coffee liqueur

  or Kahlua
• Heavy cream or cola

  optional
• Maraschino cherry

  optional

Instructions

• 1 Simmer the water, brown sugar, and white sugar in a saucepan over medium heat
  for 5 minutes.
• 2 Remove from the heat and add instant coffee. Stir thoroughly and let the mixture
  cool.
• 3 Pour the mixture into your jar and add the vodka or rum and vanilla extract.
  Stir thoroughly or give the jar a good shake.
• 4 You can drink your coffee liqueur right away, but the flavors will improve if
  you let it sit. Leave your coffee liqueur in a dark, room temperature space for
  10 days to two weeks.
• 5 Add ice to a cocktail tumbler.
• 6 Pour in one ounce of your coffee liqueur and two ounces of vodka.
• 7 Stir vigorously to combine and chill the ingredients.
• 8 Then top with a splash of cream or cola if you’d like to mellow the flavor. A
  Maraschino cherry makes a nice garnish, too. Enjoy!

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