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brown cow
DCHP-2 (Nov 2012)
n. — Food & Drink
an alcoholic drink made of coffee-flavoured liqueur and milk or cream.
Type: 5. Frequency — Though there is more than one drink called the brown cow (see fist note, below), the term is used most frequently used in Canada (see Chart 1), and here generally in reference to the version with liqueur. The term is very likely derived from the colour of the coffee liqueur (brown) and the dairy component of the drink.
See also COD-2, s.v. "brown cow", which is marked "Cdn".
See also COD-2, s.v. "brown cow", which is marked "Cdn".
The American brown cow drink is a non-alcoholic ice cream float with root beer, or sometimes cola. It was first created in the 1870s in Philadelphia.
Quotations
1976
The influence of the younger drinker cannot be denied, however. Most bars carry milk now for customers who order such drinks as the Brown Cow (milk and Tia Maria) or Icepick, a milk and vodka drink.
1982
But in North America, he concedes, the two best-selling liqueurs are the coffee-flavored Tia Maria and Kahlua. Teen-agers, conditioned to drinking milk shakes, have been mixing milk with those liqueurs and have nicknamed the sweet potions "angel's kiss," "brown cow" and "black Russian."
1986
Two of my favorite drinks are a screwdriver - orange juice laced with vodka - and a brown cow, milk mixed with Tia Maria or other coffee liqueur.
1998
What do a brown cow, a mudslide, and Stew Mcdonough have in common? They get by with a little help from Kahlua.
2001
Even cocktails that were once firmly ensconced in the "girl- drink" camp, such as the Brown Cow, have crossed the gender barrier, perhaps with the addition of a shot of espresso (known as a Shaft), which helps to lend it a touch of male bravado.
2006
Kahlua is the coffee-flavoured liqueur made in Mexico that many tourists pack into their carry-on luggage on the way home. It is best known poured over ice cubes, topped with cream and called a Brown Cow.
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- COD-2
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