What is Cafe au lait?
Café au lait is the coffee of New Orleans. A New Orleans-style café au lait is made with equal amounts of dark roast coffee and chicory and scalded milk (milk warmed to just below boiling). In New Orleans, café au lait is traditionally drunk while eating beignets dusted with powdered sugar popularized at the famous New Orleans institutions, Café du Monde, and Morning Call Coffee Stand coffee stands.