Mardi Gras: Start your day with cafe au lait

by Sarah J. Gim (Subscribe to Sarah J. Gim's posts)
Posted Feb 5th 2008 11:31AM
Filed under: Coffee, Breakfast, Dairy, Southern States, America, Comfort Food, Coffee shops, Bakeries, Sugar, Local Eating

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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.

Tags: cafe au lait, coffee, mardi gras, milk, new orleans

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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

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)

2-05-2008 @ 1:50PM

Ken said...

Feh! The Morning Call out in Metairie is better!

2-05-2008 @ 2:37PM

julien said...

heh, i had a feeling this picture was from Café du Monde. :)

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!

http://red-icculus.com

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

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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