French coffee with milk (Francuska kafa sa mlekom)

French coffee with milk (fr. café au lait) is a simple French drink made of strong black coffee and warm milk, with a mild milk foam if desired.

Tags: coffee, around the world.

Preparation time: 15 minutes.

Ingredients (1 cup, 250 ml):

• 125 ml strong filter coffee or French press coffee
• 125 ml of milk

Preparation:

1. Prepare strong black coffee using a filter machine or a French press.

2. Pour the milk into a saucepan and heat on a medium-low temperature (3 out of 6), stirring occasionally, for 3-4 minutes.

The milk should reach 60–65 °C (140–149 °F) and must not boil.

3. If you want foam, pour the warmed milk into a small jar with a lid, no more than half full. Close the jar and shake vigorously for 20-30 seconds.

4. Open the jar and let the milk rest for 10 seconds, so that the larger bubbles settle down.

5. Pour the warm coffee into the cup, then slowly add the warm milk.

6. Spoon the milk foam on top and serve immediately.

Note:

Instead of cow's milk, you can use oat milk, soy milk, almond milk or coconut milk. The taste and amount of foam will depend on the type of milk.

Tips:

• For the best taste, use freshly brewed, strong coffee.
• Do not heat the milk until it boils because it can change the taste.
• For a finer foam, use whole milk, and for a lighter variant, you can use milk with less fat.
• French coffee with milk is traditionally served warm, usually in a larger cup.

If you want to travel the world through different flavors of coffee, after French coffee with milk (café au lait) you can also prepare Turkish coffee, American coffee or cafe Cubano - Cuban coffee. This way, you can get to know different ways of preparation and characteristic tastes of coffee from different parts of the world.

For lovers of aromatic coffees, you can continue your journey through the world of flavors with coffees enriched with cinnamon and cocoa.

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Francuska kafa sa mlekom (fr. café au lait) je jednostavan francuski napitak od jake crne kafe i toplog mleka, sa blagom mlečnom penom po želji.

Oznake: kafa, oko sveta.

Vreme pripreme: 15 minuta.

Sastojci (1 šolja, 250 ml):

• 125 ml jake filter kafe ili Francuske pres kafe
• 125 ml mleka

Priprema:

1. Pripremite jaku crnu kafu pomoću filter aparata ili Francuskog presa.

2. Sipajte mleko u dzezvu i zagrevajte na srednje niskoj temperaturi (3 od 6), uz povremeno mesanje, 3–4 minuta. 

Mleko treba da dostigne 60–65 °C (140-149 °F) i ne sme da provri.

3. Ako želite penu, sipajte zagrejano mleko u malu teglu sa poklopcem, najviše do polovine. Zatvorite teglu i snažno mućkajte 20–30 sekundi.

4. Otvorite teglu i ostavite mleko da miruje 10 sekundi, kako bi se veći mehurići smirili.

5. Sipajte toplu kafu u šolju, zatim polako dodajte toplo mleko.

6. Kašikom dodajte mlecnu penu na vrh i poslužite odmah.

Napomena:

Umesto kravljeg mleka mozete koristiti ovseno mleko, sojino mleko, bademovo mleko ili kokosovo mleko. Ukus i kolicina pene zavisice od vrste mleka.

Saveti:

• Za najbolji ukus koristite sveže pripremljenu, jaku kafu.
• Mleko ne zagrevajte do ključanja jer može promeniti ukus.
• Za finiju penu koristite punomasno mleko, a za laganiju varijantu možete koristiti mleko sa manje masti.
• Francuska kafa sa mlekom se tradicionalno služi topla, najčešće u većoj šolji.

Ako želite da putujete svetom kroz različite ukuse kafe, nakon francuske kafe sa mlekom (café au lait) možete pripremiti i tursku kafu, americku kafu ili kubansku kafu (café cubano). Tako možete upoznati različite načine pripreme i karakteristične ukuse kafe iz različitih krajeva sveta.

Za ljubitelje aromatičnih kafa, putovanje kroz svet ukusa možete nastaviti uz kafe obogaćene cimetom i kakaom.

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