Cookbook:Café au Lait

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Literally "coffee with milk", café au lait is a drink made of coffee and scalded milk in a ratio of 1:1. It is the staple coffee drink of French Louisiana and is often served in bowls in Acadiana.

Ingredients

 * 4 cups brewed coffee or 1.5–2 cups (350–475 ml) cold coffee concentrate
 * 4 cups (950 ml) milk

Procedure

 * 1) If you are using coffee concentrate, add enough hot water to make 4 cups of coffee.
 * 2) At the same time, heat the milk over a low to medium heat until scalded.
 * 3) Pour equal amounts of coffee and scalded milk into bowls or cups.

Notes, tips, and variations

 * Steamed milk can be substituted for scalded milk.
 * The milk can be heated in the cups by half filling each cup with milk and microwaving briefly. A 1,000W microwave oven will heat one half-cup of milk in 50 seconds, two in 60 seconds.