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café noisette

café noisette noun: an espresso with a dash of hot milk. It is a hazelnut color. The hot milk is either poured in by the barista before serving, or served in a small pot for the drinker to pour.

Noun

café noisette (countable and uncountable, plural cafés noisette)

  1. An espresso with a dash of hot milk. It is a hazelnut color. The hot milk is either poured in by the barista before serving, or served in a small pot for the drinker to pour.
    • French cafés serve a large number of different kinds of coffee drinks, but the most traditional are plain espresso and café noisette (espresso with a light foam).2021, Maryann Tebben, Food Cultures of France: Recipes, Customs, and Issues, Santa Barbara, Calif.: Greenwood, →ISBN, page 113

Forms of café noisette

pluralcafés noisette

Origin of café noisette

Borrowed from French café noisette (literally “hazelnut coffee”), due to the color; compare cappuccino.

Questions about café noisette

What does café noisette mean?
Café noisette means an espresso with a dash of hot milk. It is a hazelnut color. The hot milk is either poured in by the barista before serving, or served in a small pot for the drinker to pour.
What part of speech is café noisette?
Café noisette is a noun.
What is the plural of café noisette?
The plural of café noisette is cafés noisette.

Words near café noisette in the dictionary

  1. café liégeois
  2. café mocha
  3. café mochas
  4. café noir
  5. café noirs
  6. café noisette
  7. café revolutionaries
  8. café revolutionary
  9. café royale
  10. café societies
  11. café society

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