Wiener Melange

{{Short description|Specialty coffee drink similar to cappuccino}}

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A Melange (or {{lang|de|Wiener Melange}} - "Vienna blend") is a specialty coffee drink similar to a cappuccino. The difference is that the Melange is made with milder coffee. At Cafe Sperl in Vienna, the Melange is half a cup of brewed coffee with half a cup of steamed cream, topped with milk foam.{{cite web |author=Café Sperl |url=http://www.cafesperl.at/html/CSkap3.html |title=Cafe Sperl::Wien::Kleines Kaffee ABC |publisher=Cafesperl.at |access-date=2013-11-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150429212715/http://www.cafesperl.at/html/CSkap3.html |archive-date=2015-04-29 }} Nescafe, Mövenpick and Lufthansa Catering however serve Wiener Melange as coffee blended with cocoa – no matter whether foam topped or not.

The English term "Cafe Vienna" and the French café viennois usually refer to espresso con panna – topped with whipped cream instead of milk foam. Ordering a Wiener Melange may yield the arrival of an espresso con panna even in Vienna, though this is properly called a Franziskaner (Franciscan friar).{{cite web|title=Vienesse Classics- Julius Meinl|url=http://www.meinlcoffee.com/coffee-culture/coffee-recipes/traditional-viennese-recipes|access-date=2013-11-23|publisher=Meinlcoffee.com}} The reference to Franciscan friars parallels the term "cappuccino",[http://www.cappucciniviaveneto.it/cappuccini_ing.html] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025034119/http://www.cappucciniviaveneto.it/cappuccini_ing.html|date=October 25, 2012}} similar to the Austrian coffee preparation or "Kapuziner", which derives its name from the brown color of the robes worn by Capuchin friars.{{Cite web|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/where-do-we-get-cappuccino-from|title=Where Does the Name 'Cappuccino' Come From?|website=www.merriam-webster.com|language=en|access-date=2019-08-27}}