I'm assuming that you didn't take the day off from work to run half-naked through the streets of your neighborhood in celebration of Mardi Gras, which probably means you didn't start your day with Hurricanes and Brandy Milk Punches at 7 AM.
Starting the day with cafe au lait -- French for "coffee with milk" -- is a better option. It's not a latte. Cafe au lait is drip coffee with hot milk. After years and years of drinking coffee black -- no sugar, no cream, no love, baby -- I conceded to trying coffee with milk because I "had to" when I was at Cafe du Monde last month. I have to say, I have been drinking it this way at home for the last month since I've been back.
Oh, okay, so I'm using soy instead of regular milk.
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2-05-2008 @ 12:51PM
Little Tart said...
Cafe Du Monde changes you baby! I was a black coffee drinker for my whole coffee drinking life until I sipped that milky chicory brew and could never go back to flat black.
Besides, the chicory and the milk blances the acid of coffee - better for your tummy.
Happy Mardi Gras, Ya'll
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2-05-2008 @ 12:57PM
sarah said...
oh, little tart, you're telling me! i loooooooved cafe au lait (though i have to admit, i wasn't all that fond of beignets)
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2-05-2008 @ 1:50PM
Ken said...
Feh! The Morning Call out in Metairie is better!
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2-05-2008 @ 2:37PM
julien said...
heh, i had a feeling this picture was from Café du Monde. :)
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2-05-2008 @ 6:11PM
Red Icculus said...
I remember eating beignets and drinking chickory coffee at Cafe Du Monde. I am a regular cafe au lait drinker, but this distilled the experience for me.
Happy Mardi Gras!
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2-06-2008 @ 9:26AM
nicole jones said...
A couple years ago my husband and I stayed at The Frenchman Hotel for Mardi Gras, across from the Old US Mint off the Esplanade. After a good night of drinking, nothing tasted better that an iced coffee. A cafe au lait would have been good too, but I love iced coffee.
I ended up writing a story about it at WLL- check it out! http://www.wholelattelove.com/articles/iced_coffee_bayou.cfm
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2-11-2008 @ 7:48PM
Greg Sherwin said...
My god, with those large bubbles and pallid color, that photo makes the coffee look sickly...
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