One of my favorite rituals of the day is making a morning latte. Since I never seem to fit my coffee — with its mounds of steamed milk — into a mug, I was delighted a few years ago to discover latte bowls.
It started with drinking a ridiculously large sized latte every morning. The milk made my coffee spill over the edges of even an oversized mug. I noticed that the coffee shop I love down the street serves in latte bowls, and then I found some vintage white bowls at the Todd Farm Flea Market.
But then once I switched, I also noticed something else: I had to sit and drink it, rather than my usual frenetic running around getting ready for work with a mug in one hand and a phone or mascara in the other. And just the act of stopping to sit and drink, with both hands around the warm bowl started my day off more relaxed.
Vintage latte bowls are worth looking for at flea markets since the older, thick porcelain feels nicer than the newer ceramic versions, however you can also get new latte bowls like these I found at Anthropologie.
Image: Anthropologie
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Someone got me two of these Anthropologie bowls when we first got married ten years ago. They were so useful and a welcome addition to my all white Crate and Barrel stuff. Now, every year we add one new color and we've got quite the collection. They're a lot of fun and super useful. We use them for deserts mostly, but I've put flowers in some of them and I made a doggie water dish out of a chipped one. They've all lasted great and are a good price.
But, I've never used them for latte!!
I tend to think that if you need a bowl to fit in all your coffee...that maybe you're drinking too much coffee!
I think I might confuse my latte bowl for my shaving cream bowl, and lather my face with steamed milk and coffee, and try to drink Sandalwood shaving cream.
They also have them at Bloomingdale's.
I use my bowl for everything BUT lattes. Guess what I'm doing RIGHT NOW!
I bought these in blue and I love them! So bright and cheery!
I also acquired a collection of these from Anthropologie about 10 years ago. Recently I added a couple new ones to the collection, since Anthro still sells them, and I've noticed they are not the same composition that they used to be. They chip much easier and have a slightly less "substantial" feel.
Who knew??
Very country-French of you. .
Now you need to dunk a piece of bread in your latte and the morning is complete. .
Pardon the hair-splitting but I believe these are actually café au lait bowls--starting the morning with a bowlful of steamed milk and strong coffee is a French tradition.
also wonderful for tea.
My favorite book café serves latte in bowls like this, but I find that the coffee gets cold too fast... I actually prefer my latte in a take-a-way cup...
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makes you SIT DOWN to have breakfast. The French often go home for a proper lunch too. So civilized - love it
I think the rural French outside of Paris might go home from lunch, but I doubt that anyone living in the metropolis (or more especially, the rings of banlieues) does so. French society has greatly changed in the last 20 years, and it's nothing like Chocolat.
"the rural French outside of Paris"
There is life beyond Paris, rural or otherwise
I tend to drink coffee slowly, so I like ceramic, thick-walled, smaller capacity mugs, like traditional diner mugs. If you preheat the mug with some boiling water, the coffee stays nice and hot for quite a while.
If you're drinking coffee out of a bowl, maybe you're using too much milk? :) The (Northern) European way of drinking coffee, that I'm familiar with, is to drink smaller cups of strong coffee throughout the day. But I'm sure this varies from country to country.
Latte bowls are something I've never heard of before; these bowls could be used for more then just that! They look like such great ice cream bowls - especially with their colors.