Another cup...?

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It's a bright but chilly day today & I'm glad I have a hot cup of coffee to warm me up.

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The many French start the morning warming their hands around a café au lait bowl.

Children often have hot chocolate in theirs,
just like the famous Delespaul-Havez chocolate publicity.
I just love the expressions on the children's faces...

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We have some lovely café au lait bowls in the shop...

We're love these, they look so pretty sitting next to each other on the shelf...

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So you're out & about, you stop at a café, what should you order?

un café
a small espresso
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un grand café
a double espresso
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un café crème
a white coffee made with frothy hot milk
sometimes called un café au lait but crème seems to be more commonly used
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un grand crème
a large white coffee
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un allongé
an espresso with the same amount of water
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une noisette
an espresso with a dash of cream
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Remember these so next time you visit a café here in France,
you can order your coffee like a true monsieur or mademoiselle!

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We also have a perfect set of coffee cups in the shop for your for café, café crème or noisette.
These are rather special as they are decorated with the logo of the Wagon-Lits company.

Wagon-Lits is a French travel company,
famous for running great train routes like Le Train Bleu or Le Nord Express..

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...but the most famous was, of course, Orient Express...

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...such luxury...

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..sip your café crème from these cups
& imagine being transported back to the golden age of luxury travel...

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A misty view this morning from the Petit Pica atelier...