- White coffee
White coffee can refer to any of a number of
coffee orherbal tea beverages worldwide.Coffee
In English-speaking countries, "white coffee" is used to refer to regular black
coffee that has had milk, cream or some other "whitener" added to it. Cream varieties (often called "creamers" in the U.S.), can be made of dairymilk , corn syrup derivatives,soy , or nut products. Sweeteners used include canesugar or artificial ingredients.In the United States, white coffee may also refer to coffee beans which have been roasted to the yellow roast level and when prepared as espresso produces a thin green brew. American white coffee is very highly caffeinated, being only lightly roasted. It is the length of the roasting process, producing successively darker color, which removes the caffeine from the coffee beans. White coffee is generally used only for making espresso drinks, not simple brewed coffee.
In
Malaysia ,Ipoh white coffee refers to a drink made from coffee beans roasted inmargarine .There is also a form of white coffee, native to
Yemen , which refers to the ground shell of the coffee bean. This form of coffee earns its name from its color, and is brewed in the same manner as regular coffee, only with some spices added.Herbal Tea
"White Coffee" is an herbal tea, invented in
Beirut , made with orange blossom water. Traditionally served after meals inLebanon andSyria , it is often accompanied by candiedrose petals, served in tiny, delicate dishes. White coffee is asedative , and calms the nerves while stimulating digestion after a particularly rich or heavy meal. In Lebanon, orange blossom water is given to fussy babies; it is also used as aperfume , either in the bathwater or directly on theskin .Lebanese and Syrian white coffee contains absolutely no coffee.
References
* "Aromatic Teas and Herbal Infusion" by Laura Fronty, first English edition, ISBN 0-517-70876-0.
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