Café Gourmand
An espresso served with a tasting plate of miniature desserts, a French bistro way of combining coffee and pudding in one course.
SpecialtyServed hotFrom France
- Volume
- 30ml1.0 US fl oz
- Espresso
- 1shot
- Caffeine
- 64mgderived, USDA FDC
- Glass
- Demitasse70 ml
The build
Watch it made, step by step- Espresso30 ml100%
- three or four miniature…0 ml0%
- Volume
- 30ml
- Caffeine
- 64mg
- Espresso
- 1shot
Scales every component together, so the ratio holds; caffeine scales with the coffee.
An ordinary espresso; the point is the plate of small pastries served with it.
Caffeine
Derivedin a 30 ml café gourmand
USDA FoodData Central SR Legacy caffeine per 100 g scaled to the coffee volume in components, assuming 1 g per ml. FDC 171891 (Beverages, coffee, brewed, espresso, restaurant-prepared) 212.0 mg/100 g x 30 ml.
USDA FoodData Central record 171891 · read 2026-10-26
A derived figure: the reference food's caffeine per 100 g scaled to the coffee in this build. Real cups vary with the coffee, the dose and the shot.
Variants by country
No regional variants recorded.
History
Popular accountWikidata classes it as a dessert and a French culinary concept; it appeared on bistro menus in the 2000s (popular account).
French restaurant dessert course.
Parts of this story are repeated widely but were not confirmed against a source this atlas accepts. They are kept as the story people tell, not as fact.
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