I always like to order the form of %26quot;coffee%26quot; preferred by the locals. For example, I drank espresso throughout Italy. How do the French drink their coffee? Latte%26#39;s, espresso%26#39;s, American style, etc...
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For breakfast its %26quot;Cafe Creme%26quot; or %26quot;Cafe au lait%26quot; which is an espresso with steamed milk. Later in the day its %26quot;un cafe%26quot; or %26quot;un espress%26#39; %26quot; which both stand for an espresso. If you want more you can go for a %26quot;double espress%26#39; %26quot;. There is also a %26quot;Cafe americain%26quot; which is an espresso with hot water added. Thats less common to order.
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Most French people drink café exprès (espresso), except for breakfast when they drink café au lait (half coffee / half milk) out of a large bowl.
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be prepared! after a cafe creme you will forever be spoiled for coffee in america. it will never be good enough or just right no matter how you try. I don%26#39;t know if it%26#39;s the water in France, the machines, the coffee brands or how they%26#39;re processed... but you will forever yearn for it. good luck.
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It%26#39;s the best coffee I%26#39;ve ever had.
Un grand creme....ahhhhh....
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%26quot;Ordering Coffee in France%26quot;
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A883497
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Hm ... how taste can be different ...
I%26#39;m not especially keen on drinking coffee in France. The roast is so different from what we get here in Belgium. Even with lotsa milk it%26#39;s too bitter for my taste.
I%26#39;ll have a glass of wine instead. ;)
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Thanks to everyone for the expert advice.
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im with just grace....the coffee there is wonderful. the closest thing i find here (and it isn%26#39;t the same, but great on it%26#39;s own regard) is Cafe Du Mond from NOLA...i stock up on that stuff.
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Coffee in Paris is the best and it is always hard for me to go back and have coffee in the States.
Un café really means an expresso.
un café allongé (ou Americain) means an expresso with extra hot water.
un cappuccino means a cappuccino.
un creme means a coffee with foamed milk. Sometimes you have a choice between un creme and un grand creme which means a bigger cup.
A big cup in Paris does not compare to a big cup in the States. It is not a bucket.
Some cafes (like la coupole) serve their cafe creme with hot milk in a small side container. I perso do not like that as a creme should have the steamed milk in it.
Important info: they call it cafe creme but it is not creme that they use, it is often low fat milk.
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How do you pronounce %26quot;creme%26quot; in French? Is it krem? And if I insist on having my artificial sweetner (Splenda/Equal) shall I assume I need to bring it with me in a little ziplock?
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