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Home » Dairy » Milk » Cream » Coffee Cream

Coffee Cream

To some people, Coffee Cream means “coffee-flavoured” cream used as a filling for baked goods. But here, we’re talking about what North Americans call Coffee Cream or Table Cream: a cream with somewhere between 18 to 30% fat that is used as a cream in coffee. It doesn’t have a high enough fat content to be whipped.

It’s a very pedestrian cream, not very glamorous, maybe the most exciting thing it ever gets to do is a sauce — but if you’re a coffee drinker, there’s nothing like it in a cup of fresh-brewed coffee first thing in the morning.

Substitutes

If using in a sauce, try Evaporated Milk, Half and Half Cream, Single Cream or even just milk (though not skim milk).

Be aware that if you are using these lower-fat substitutes, you shouldn’t let what you are making — such as a sauce or a soup — get too hot, or it will curdle, unlike the heavier cream.

Storage Hints

Do not freeze. It will separate upon thawing and curdle when poured into hot coffee.

Other names

AKA: Light Cream, Table Cream
French: Crème 18 % M.G, Crème à café
German: Kaffeerahm

This page first published: Mar 1, 2003 · Updated: Jun 23, 2018.

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