New Orleans Cafe Au Lait
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Ready In: 20 mins
Serves: 2-3
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons freshly ground dark-roasted arabica coffee beans (ground as appropriate for your coffee maker)
- 1 tablespoon ground roasted chicory
- 1 1⁄2 cups whipping cream, warmed (may use half-and-half or milk)
- sugar (optional)
Directions
- Mix the coffee and chicory.
- Using your favorite coffee maker (a manual drip model is traditional in New Orleans), brew the coffee mixture with 1 1/2 cups water heated to the point just below boiling.
- Pour the coffee equally into 3 eight-ounce coffee cups or 2 twelve-ounce coffee cups and fill each with the same amount of cream (the ratio of coffee to cream should be 1:1).
- Serve immediately with sugar, if desired.
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