Sweet and spiced
Some coffee drinks are closer to a dessert. This chapter covers coffee with chocolate, whipped cream, sweetened condensed milk, whipped egg or ice cream, from the mocha and the Viennese Einspänner to Hanoi’s egg coffee and the Italian affogato.
What are sweet coffee drinks?
Sweet coffee drinks add a rich ingredient to coffee: chocolate in a mocha, sweetened condensed milk in a café bombón, whipped egg yolk and sugar in Vietnamese egg coffee, or a scoop of ice cream in an affogato. Many began as regional café specialities.
Drinks in this chapter
- D 034AffogatoAn affogato is an Italian dessert-drink: a scoop of vanilla gelato or ice cream with a shot of hot espresso poured over it.
- D 037BicerinA bicerin is a hot drink from Turin, Italy: thick hot chocolate, espresso and cream, poured in layers into a small clear glass and drunk without stirring.
- D 036Café BombónCafé bombón is a Spanish coffee of espresso and sweetened condensed milk, traditionally in equal parts, served in a small glass so you can see the two layers before you stir them.
- D 033Caffè MochaA caffè mocha is a chocolate version of a caffè latte: espresso and hot or steamed milk with chocolate, usually cocoa powder and sugar or chocolate syrup, often topped with milk foam or whipped cream.
- D 038EinspännerAn Einspänner is a Viennese coffee: strong black coffee, often a double espresso or Mokka, served in a tall glass, sometimes with a handle, under a thick cap of whipped cream.
- D 039KaisermelangeA Kaisermelange, the "emperor's melange", is a historical Viennese coffee: a raw egg yolk whisked with honey, topped up with a double mocha (strong black coffee) and finished with a dash of cognac.
- D 035Vietnamese Egg Coffee (Cà Phê Trứng)Vietnamese egg coffee, cà phê trứng, is strong coffee topped with egg yolks whipped with sweetened condensed milk and sugar into a thick, sweet cream.