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Cafe au lait with chicory is hot milk poured half-and-half over roasted-chicory-blended coffee, served in heavy white mugs around the clock. Bitter, smooth, the city's morning fuel.
Roasted-chicory coffee took hold in New Orleans during the Civil War, when Union blockades cut off coffee imports and locals stretched their grounds with chicory root (the practice was already common in Napoleonic France). Cafe du Monde opened in 1862 as a coffee stand in the French Market and made the chicory-cafe-au-lait-with-beignets format the city's defining cheap breakfast. It still pours the same Cafe du Monde Dark Roast and Chicory blend, mixed with steamed milk and served 24 hours a day. Cafe Beignet on Royal Street and Mojo Coffee on Magazine carry the tradition forward with their own chicory-blended pours.
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Cafe du Monde in New Orleans is the 1862 French Market coffee stand on Decatur opposite Jackson Square, with beignets and chicory cafe au lait served around.
TipThe original stand is open 24 hours; visit 04:00-07:00 to skip the queue entirely.
Mojo Coffee House in New Orleans is the Lower Garden District corner cafe at Magazine and Race, a 2007 indie shop with house espresso and cold brew on tap.
TipThe Race-side window seats run quietest for laptop sessions; outlets at the counter side.
Cafe Beignet on Royal Street in New Orleans is the 1990 French Quarter beignet cafe at 334 Royal, with sit-down service, a small courtyard and a Cafe du.
TipThe Royal Street courtyard is the most-pleasant of the chain's locations; live jazz on weekends.
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