The Coffee Concierge thought that it would be nice to end off the "French cafe" series with a little photo of breakfast in "La Banesterie", her residence in Avignon.
This small bed & breakfast is a charming old house on Rue la Banesterie in the old city centre. The Coffee Concierge was enchanted by their breakfast - fresh breads and French pastries, a good selection of cheeses and jams, a serving of fruit and another of yoghurt, and last but not least - coffee served in these beautiful old coffee pots. Each day, a different one appeared on our table. It felt extremely civilised. And everything tasted extremely good too!
In Singapore, Italian coffee terms seemed to have crept into our coffee vocabulary. We talk of expressos, capuccinos and lattes. So we tend to forget that the French, too, have many different ways of drinking coffee - cafe noisette, cafe au lait, cafe crema or just plain black cafe. I've explained some of these terms in these series of posts. But if you would like to know more about these ways of drinking coffee (or if you would like a far fuller coffee glossary), here's a website with a long list of coffee terms.
For now,
Au revoir!
