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Definition of Cafe noir
1. Noun. Small cup of strong black coffee without milk or cream.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cafe Noir
Literary usage of Cafe noir
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Beverages and Sauces of Colonial Virginia, 1607-1907 by L. S. F. (Laura Simkins Fitchett), L. S. F. (1906)
"cafe noir This is usually handed round after dinner, and should be drunk well
sweetened with the addition: of a little brandy or liqueur. ..."
2. The Boston Cooking-school Cook Book by Fannie Merritt Farmer (1911)
"... Potatoes Creamed Cauliflower Cranberry Sauce Dressed Lettuce Polish Tartlets
cafe noir Vegetable Soup Veal Cutlets Horseradish Mashed Potatoes Cream of ..."
3. The Cook and Housewife's Manual: A Practical System of Modern Demestic by Christian Isobel Johnstone (1847)
"cafe noir— The after-dinner small cup of France, and now often served in English
... Essence of coffee is convenient for making extempore cafe noir, ..."
4. The Craftsman by Gustav Stickley (1907)
"cafe noir is to the "Cajun" all that the cocktail is to tlie clubman—and those
who have ... For the inn" takes cafe noir before instead of after eating. ..."
5. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1884)
"I went into a caf6, and ordered a cup of cafe noir, the strong black coffee
frequently taken on the Continent, with sugar only; this cup I repeated. ..."
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