New Orleans Ice Cream Coffees: Coffee & Chicory and Cafe au Lait & Beignets
Lizzy and I are both on spring break this week, and I'm currently visiting her in Iowa City to help her eat some of the ice cream New Orleans Ice Cream Co. generously sent. Over the past couple days we've been on a coffee kick and tried both coffee flavors in the lineup: Coffee & Chicory and Cafe au Lait & Beignets. Coffee & Chicory is A uniquely N'awlins twist as fresh cold brewed coffee & chicory jolts this delicious blend of ice cream. Cafe au Lait & Beignets is The famous taste of the Old New Orleans French Market, with cold brewed coffee & the toasty flavor of scalded milk, loaded with real beignet pieces & finished with a sugary swirl. Madeline's take: There is definitely room in the New Orleans line for both of these coffee flavors; the two base flavors are totally different. First let's talk about Coffee & Chicory. I've never had chicory alone, but I've had a coffee and chicory mix, a...