Has anyone heard this term for a mixture of half milk, half coffee? My grandmother, who was born in Mississippi and lived her married life in Arkansas, served me this when I was a child. I have never met anyone who knew this term, even people from Boston.
Richard Butler
In most of New England, if you just ask for "a coffee" or "a regular" you get coffee with milk and sugar in it. I'd bet the term "boston coffee" came out of that practice.
I wonder if what you described is also known as a "flat white"....
In Spain, we were served "cafe con lecha" which was half hot milk, half hot coffee. I thought is was great and have made it every once in a while since (microwave milk first)
Phil
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