Hot & Cold Beverages

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Kaffeehaus: Exquisite Desserts from the Classic Cafes of Vienna, Budapest, and Prague
Kaffeehaus

By Rick Rodgers

Published 2002

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When you go to a coffeehouse, you never just ask for a cup of coffee. Do you want a big cup or a small cup? Espresso or drip? Black or with milk? If you take milk, what color would you like it to be? A melange of half milk and half coffee? Or perhaps a Franziskaner, in which the milk has been added to the coffee until it is the color of the robes of a Franciscan monk.

Of course, other beverages are available. Tea has its fans. And while a coffeehouse is not a bar, alcoholic beverages are for sale, so why not slip a little rum into your coffee? Fruit juices, soft drinks, beer, and wine—the larger the coffeehouse, the larger the selection.