Montag, 23. Juli 2012

Vienna's coffee culture

Vienna is known for its café culture - and rightly so. Here are a few coffee specialties you can expect to find in any Viennese coffee house.

Kleiner Brauner: An espresso served with coffee cream. But not everywhere... If you order an espresso at Aida Café, you'll get an espresso topped with whipped cream.
"Kleiner Brauner" at Aida Café, Vienna.

What in most european countries is commonly known as "latte macchiato"is here in Vienna called Kaffee verkehrt, which literally means "reversed coffee", because it contains more milk than coffee. 
"Kaffee verkehrt" at Café Ansari, Praterstrasse 15, Vienna.

If it's summer and you don't feeling like drinking hot milk, you can ask for a cold latte macchiato: espresso, cold milk, milk froth and... ice cubes!
Cold latte macchiato at Museumsquartier, Vienna.

Salon Einspänner: An aromatic double espresso topped with whipped cream and served with a wafer stick. 
"Salon Einspänner" at Café Hofburg, Innerer Burghof, Vienna.

Franziskaner: Espresso, hot frothy milk, whipped cream.
"Franziskaner" at Café Hofburg, Innerer Burghof, Vienna.

My absolute favorite coffee specialty is Mozart Kaffee. But you shouldn't just order it anywhere. 
The way they prepare it at Mozart Café is unique: 
double espresso with whipped cream, Mozart liqueur and almonds. 
And, by the way, Café Mozart is where Graham Greene worked on the screenplay of "The third man" in 1947!
"Mozart Kaffee" at Mozart Café, Albertinaplatz 2, Vienna.