café noir
Britishnoun
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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
The resulting extract is kept in a tightly corked bottle for making café au lait or café noir as required.
From All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers
"We will see the old year out and drink our café noir here," said Valentine.
From Flames by Robert Smythe Hichens
"I have had the café noir," Julian said, indicating his empty cup, which Wade had by accident omitted to clear away.
From Flames by Robert Smythe Hichens
He would sip café noir, smoke a cigar, ply his host with every conceivable question, but otherwise maintain a dignified reticence.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866 by Various
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