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
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)
Roche, A. Du café noir et de la caféine au point de vue de l'action physiologique et des applications à l'hygiène.
From All About Coffee by Ukers, William H. (William Harrison)
The café noir used after dinner, is the very essence of the berry.
From All About Coffee by Ukers, William H. (William Harrison)
After a wretched night, we washed at the pump in the basket-maker's yard, and breakfasted off bread and café noir.
From My Days of Adventure The Fall of France, 1870-71 by Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred
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