Coffee milk
Regional
- Meaning
- Rhode Island's official state drink: milk mixed with sweet coffee syrup.
- Type
- Regionalism
- Used in
- Rhode Island
What does “Coffee milk” mean
Cold milk stirred with a few spoonfuls of coffee syrup, usually Autocrat or Eclipse, both bottled in Rhode Island. Made the official state drink in 1993, it has been a school-cafeteria and diner staple since Italian immigrants brought sweet coffee traditions to Providence in the 1920s. Order it anywhere outside Rhode Island and you get a confused look.
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