Milk coffee American coffee chains; a combination of espresso and steamed milk equivalent to a 'latte' is in French called 'grand crème' and in German 'Milchkaffee' or 'Melange'. In Portuguese it is called galão. Variants include the chocolate-flavored mocha, or replacing the coffee with another drink base such as masala chai (spiced Indian tea), mate or matcha, and other types of milk, such as soy milk or almond milk are also used. Latte macchiato literally means "stained milk". This refers to the method of preparation, wherein the milk gets "stained" by the addition of espresso. It differs from latte firstly in that
The Freaky Bean Coffee Company a blended iced coffee drink, the Freakazoid. The Freaky Bean Coffee Company The Freaky Bean Coffee Company was an independent, Maine-based specialty coffee house and roaster, which had retail locations, a roasting division, and wholesale accounts. The company was founded in 2005, and at its peak had six locations. After a series of store closures, the remaining two stores were shut down in March 2009. The company was founded by Andrew Kessler and Jon Stratton, a former member of the US Navy. They started the company in 2005 using $10,000 in microfinancing from Accion USA. The original Freaky Bean shop