French Coffee
French coffee is a table grammar: cafe after lunch, cafe creme in the morning, noisette at the zinc, press pots at home, and chicory where the cup wants a bitter edge.
Featured french coffee
- Cafe noir - Drink desk - Paris - A small black coffee after lunch, short enough to stay serious.
- Cafe creme - Drink desk - Lyon - Morning coffee with warmed milk, not dessert, not foam theater.
- Noisette - Drink desk - Bordeaux - Espresso marked with a hazelnut-colored splash of milk.
- Cafe allonge - Drink desk - Nice - A longer black coffee for the table, stretched without becoming watery.
- French press pot - Drink desk - Nantes - Coarse grounds, hot water, four minutes, and a plunge before mud takes over.
- Chicory cafe au lait - Drink desk - Lille - Coffee and chicory with hot milk for a bitter northern breakfast cup.
- Iced cafe creme - Drink desk - Marseille - Coffee, cold milk, ice, and enough strength for the terrace.
- Cafe with a Calvados note - Drink desk - Normandy - A tiny after-meal coffee served beside apple brandy, not drowned by it.