café noir
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Expect café noir and café au lait with madeleines and quiche, plus pain perdu with strawberry, lime and basil, and fregola sarda risotto with octopus, from a menu that changes frequently.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2019
Some understand café noir to mean equal parts of coffee and brandy with sugar and vanilla to taste.
From All About Coffee by Ukers, William H. (William Harrison)
He found that beans and bacon eaten with a knife were sweeter and more wholesome than "blanc mange," "consomme," or "café noir" cooked in French style, and served by a French chef.
From Skookum Chuck Fables Bits of History, Through the Microscope by Cumming, R. D. (Robert Dalziel)
It frequently happens in France that café noir is a much more ready and abundant tap than water, and so it was here; notwithstanding which, the bedroom apparatus was most comfortable and complete.
From Ice-Caves of France and Switzerland by Browne, G. F. (George Forrest)
Two more chairs were brought out and two cups of café noir, and the visit was prolonged into the warm harvest moonlight with news of friends and acquaintances.
From The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax by Lee, Holme, [pseud.]
