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casual · 01-03-2006, 08:22 AM

My father-in-law gets a can of this every year for Christmas and doesnt drink the stuff.... so he gave a can to my. It is Coffee and Chicory, very very dark.

It actually brews up decent in a french press. Very rich flavor. Cafe Du Monde is a "famous" coffee shop in New Orleans that has been their for ages. Try to make it by adding hot soy milk to the mixture like it says, but that wasnt too good... just mellowed out the flavor.

Oregone · 01-03-2006, 09:34 AM

I was ordering it from cajungrocer.com for a friend (NOLA expatriate) until we discovered that every Vietnamese grocery in town carries the cans, cheap. I'm not sure why, but I guess the French influence in Vietnam has something to do with it.

To my mind, it's only drinkable as cafe au lait.

BigO · 01-03-2006, 09:55 AM

Personally, I can't stand the stuff. It always tastes metallic to me.

Oregone · 01-03-2006, 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by BigO

Personally, I can't stand the stuff. It always tastes metallic to me.

You and my wife. She tried it once.

cubano67 · 01-03-2006, 12:32 PM

I bought 5 bricks of CDM last month in NOLA. There's nothing better for making a cafe au lait.

knife · 01-03-2006, 12:49 PM

Ed's right. You have to make it 50/50 with scalded (or as Iggy would say "boiled") milk. Straight, it's like Marvel Mystery Oil.

But as a cafe au lait, this stuff rocks the llama's ass.

casual · 01-03-2006, 01:19 PM

I've been drinkin it straight. If I threw in some sugar with the "milk" I'd say it be tasty, but then most things are better with sugar.

Sancho Panza · 01-03-2006, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by casual

My father-in-law gets a can of this every year for Christmas and doesnt drink the stuff.... so he gave a can to my. It is Coffee and Chicory, very very dark.

It actually brews up decent in a french press. Very rich flavor. Cafe Du Monde is a "famous" coffee shop in New Orleans that has been their for ages. Try to make it by adding hot soy milk to the mixture like it says, but that wasnt too good... just mellowed out the flavor.

they sell it @ every grocery here, lemme know how much you want

sevenmag · 01-03-2006, 01:36 PM

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Try to make it by adding hot soy milk to the mixture like it says, but that wasnt too good... just mellowed out the flavor.

Soy milk never has and never will improve anything.

I used to drink it constantly, but since I started home roasting I don't keep it around any longer. Community Coffee also offers a chicory version that might be easier for you to find.

It's high comedy watching the tourists try to get enough sugar and milk in that stuff to get it down when you're there. Not only that, so many idiots can't seem to understand that the place doesn't serve a full breakfast or some other "danish" along with the biegnets.

Sancho Panza · 01-03-2006, 01:38 PM

btw, heard in the news las' night that CdM is back open

01-03-2006, 08:22 AM	#1
casual Club Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Stuck in a cube, man!! Posts: 4,138	Cafe Du Monde My father-in-law gets a can of this every year for Christmas and doesnt drink the stuff.... so he gave a can to my. It is Coffee and Chicory, very very dark. It actually brews up decent in a french press. Very rich flavor. Cafe Du Monde is a "famous" coffee shop in New Orleans that has been their for ages. Try to make it by adding hot soy milk to the mixture like it says, but that wasnt too good... just mellowed out the flavor. __________________ Scot

01-03-2006, 09:55 AM	#3
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01-03-2006, 12:32 PM	#5
cubano67 Herf Meister Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: St. Marys, Georgia Posts: 6,955	I bought 5 bricks of CDM last month in NOLA. There's nothing better for making a cafe au lait. __________________ (_[X]__]_]_]_]]] ~ Ed ~ ----------------------------------- www.cumberlandcigar.com ----------------------------------- Support Your Local Tobacconist

01-03-2006, 12:49 PM	#6
knife Club Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: La Nouvelle Orleans Posts: 2,322	Ed's right. You have to make it 50/50 with scalded (or as Iggy would say "boiled") milk. Straight, it's like Marvel Mystery Oil. But as a cafe au lait, this stuff rocks the llama's ass. __________________ RIP Cubano67

01-03-2006, 01:19 PM	#7
casual Club Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Stuck in a cube, man!! Posts: 4,138	I've been drinkin it straight. If I threw in some sugar with the "milk" I'd say it be tasty, but then most things are better with sugar. __________________ Scot

01-03-2006, 09:34 AM	#2
Oregone Herf Meister Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Portland, OR USA Posts: 6,545	I was ordering it from cajungrocer.com for a friend (NOLA expatriate) until we discovered that every Vietnamese grocery in town carries the cans, cheap. I'm not sure why, but I guess the French influence in Vietnam has something to do with it. To my mind, it's only drinkable as cafe au lait.

01-03-2006, 01:38 PM	#10
Sancho Panza Floridays Herf God Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: La Habaña, Cuba Posts: 19,755	btw, heard in the news las' night that CdM is back open __________________ For every Southern boy fourteen years old, not once but whenever he wants it, there is the instant when it’s still not yet two o'clock on that July afternoon in 1863... William Faulkner, Intruder in the Dust 1948