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Café au lait, "coffee with milk") is a French coffee drink. The meaning of the term differs between Europe and the United States; in both cases it means some kind of coffee with hot milk added, in contrast to white coffee, which is coffee with room temperature milk or other whitener added.

In Europe, "café au lait" stems from the same continental tradition as "café con leche" in Spain, "kawa biaĺa" ("white coffee") in Poland, "Milchkaffee" ("milk coffee") in Germany. In northern Europe, café au lait is the name most often used in coffee shops.

Café au lait in New Orleans has been popularized contemporarily in part by Café du Monde. There, it is made with milk and coffee mixed with chicory, giving it a strong, bitter taste. Unlike the European café style, a New Orleans café au lait is made with scalded milk - milk warmed over heat to just below boiling - rather than steamed milk.