café noisette

noun

An espresso with a dash of hot milk. It is a hazelnut color. The hot milk is either poured in by the barista before serving, or served in a small pot for the drinker to pour.

OriginFrench café noisette →
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Meanings

nouncafé noisette (countable and uncountable, plural cafés noisette)

plural cafés noisette

  1. countableuncountableAn espresso with a dash of hot milk. It is a hazelnut color. The hot milk is either poured in by the barista before serving, or served in a small pot for the drinker to pour.

    French cafés serve a large number of different kinds of coffee drinks, but the most traditional are plain espresso and café noisette (espresso with a light foam).

    2021, Maryann Tebben, Food Cultures of France: Recipes, Customs, and Issues, Santa Barbara, Calif.: Greenwood, →ISBN, page 113

Origin

  1. Frenchcafé noisette
  2. Englishcafé noisette

Borrowed from French café noisette (literally “hazelnut coffee”), due to the color; compare cappuccino.

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café noisette. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caf%C3%A9%20noisette

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Chicago

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