Koffie Verkeerd
Also wrong coffee
The Dutch milky coffee: hot milk with less coffee than milk, its name meaning 'wrong coffee'.
Espresso and milkServed hotFrom Netherlands
- Volume
- 250ml8.5 US fl oz
- Espresso
- 0shots
- Caffeine
- 40mgderived, USDA FDC
- Coffee to milk
- 1:1.5
The build
Watch it made, step by step- Coffee100 ml40%
- Milk150 ml60%
- Volume
- 250ml
- Caffeine
- 40mg
- Espresso
- 0shots
Scales every component together, so the ratio holds; caffeine scales with the coffee.
More milk than coffee, which is what makes it 'wrong'; the Dutch counterpart of the café au lait.
Caffeine
Derivedin a 250 ml koffie verkeerd
USDA FoodData Central SR Legacy caffeine per 100 g scaled to the coffee volume in components, assuming 1 g per ml. FDC 171890 (Beverages, coffee, brewed, prepared with tap water) 40.0 mg/100 g x 100 ml.
USDA FoodData Central record 171890 · read 2026-10-29
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
1| Name | Country | How it differs |
|---|---|---|
| Kaffee Verkehrt | Austria | The Austrian and German counterpart. |
History
Popular accountWikidata gives 'koffie verkeerd' as the Dutch name of its milk-coffee item. The name's meaning, 'wrong coffee', reflects the reversed proportions.
The Netherlands and Flanders.
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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