coffee royal

Thân thiện

A waiter serves a coffee royal to a customer at a café.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A specific hot beverage: "coffee royal" refers to a prepared drink consisting of black coffee combined with Cognac (a type of brandy), sugar, and a twist or peel of lemon.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • After dinner, he ordered a coffee royal to warm up.
  • The classic recipe for coffee royal calls for a high-quality Cognac.

Advanced Usage

• While "coffee royal" is a fixed term for the specific drink, it can be used descriptively in menus or historical contexts about beverages.
  • The café's signature drink from the 1920s was a coffee royal.

Variants and Related Words

• Irish coffee: A related but distinct beverage made with coffee, Irish whiskey, and cream, but without lemon.
• Café royale: An alternative spelling sometimes encountered.

Synonyms

• There are no direct synonyms, as it is the name of a specific drink. It can be described as brandy coffee or spiked coffee, though these are more general terms.

Related Phrases

• To have a coffee royal: To order or consume this specific beverage.
  • They decided to have a coffee royal while discussing the contract.

Related Idioms

• None. "Coffee royal" is a specific noun and is not used idiomatically.

Học thuật

Noun

1. black coffee with Cognac and lemon peel and sugar

Từ đồng nghĩa

• cafe royale