Café au lait
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Café au lait, literally "coffee to the milk", is a French coffee drink prepared by mixing coffee and scalded (not steamed) milk. It is similar to Italian latte, but made with drip- or filter-coffee instead of espresso and with scalded insted of steamed milk.
It is a staple of the Café du Monde, the legendary coffee shop in the French Quarter section of New Orleans, Louisiana.
In some American coffeehouses, a café au lait is simply a cappuccino or latte with regular brewed coffee substituted for espresso.
