Breakfast
Café-bouillon (café bouillon)
A hot, comforting drink made with coffee flavoured with cinnamon and softened with milk and sugar. Very common at family breakfasts in La Réunion, it is drunk from a large bowl.
Ingredients
Ingredients
Optional extras
On the side
Instructions
- Bring the water to the boil with the cinnamon stick in a saucepan.
- Add the ground coffee and leave to infuse for 5 minutes over very low heat without letting it boil hard.
- Strain the coffee through a cloth or a fine sieve to remove the grounds.
- In another saucepan, heat the milk with the sugar without letting it boil.
- Mix the coffee and hot milk, then whisk lightly to aerate.
- Serve in very hot bowls, with a slice of buttered bread.
Variations and tips
Gentler version. Replace half the coffee with roasted barley for a milder drink, in the style of old-time breakfasts.
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Original Ecomely recipe.