White Coffee

Category: coffee

White coffee is an herbal tea, invented in Beirut, made with orange blossom waterand it is often accompanied by candied rose petals, served in tiny, delicate dishes. White coffee is a sedative, and calms the nerves while stimulating digestion after a particularly rich or heavy meal. In Lebanon, orange blossom water is given to fussy babies; it is also used as a perfume, either in the bathwater or directly on the skin.

In English-speaking countries, “white coffee” is used to refer to regular black coffee that has had milk, cream or some other ingredient added to it.

In the United States, white coffee also refers to coffee beans which have been roasted to a light tan and produce a brew that is yellowish in color. American white coffee is very highly caffeinated, being only lightly roasted. It is the length of the roasting process, producing successively darker color, which removes the caffeine from the coffee beans. White coffee is generally used only for making espresso drinks, not simple brewed coffee.

In Malaysia, Ipoh white coffee refers to a drink made from coffee beans roasted in margarine.