cigalechanta

They have both old and new, Scarlet.and if you want old ones, any one. google, lots on line for sale

cigalechanta

Wow!!!!!!
I was on googles lookong for an antique bowl for my collection, and already this post is there!!!!!!!

cigalechanta

Wow!!!!!!
I was on googles looking for an antique bowl for my collection, and already this thread is there!!!!!!!

dln

This has been the most interesting post! Just when I think I've researched up the wazoo about all my favorite destinations--France among them--along comes something I didn't know.

Which leads me to a question. I know the Italians prefer their coffee on the tepid side (as opposed to steaming hot as Americans prefer) so do the French also prefer it that way? Wouldn't the bowl make the coffee cool down quicker than would a mug?

Mimi, when you looked on Google, what exactly did you type in? Would "French coffee bowl" lead me to the kinds of bowls you are all talking about?

cigalechanta

cafe au lait bowls. the warmth of your hands doesn't let the coffee cool down quickly.
I heat the milk hot and pour it at the same time as the hot coffee. This step is important.

klondike

response to dln - go to ebay and type in the type of pottery you are after...for example, we collect "Quimper" from Brittany. There are always bols being offered or you can go to the Quimper web site and order a bol with your name on it. Personally, I like the old ones. Happy Hunting.

cigalechanta

I type in Cafe au lait bowls. I found one I like but it was too expensive.

Underhill

Here's one of the bowls from the Joie de Vivre catalogue:

http://www.frenchselections.com/data...6580+-Tabletop

Underhill

Here's a bowl at the Sur la Table site--this one has the "laughing cow" motif.

http://www.surlatable.com/common/pro...m?PRRFNBR=5418

kismetchimera

You dont have to pay all that money for a bowl..McFrugals or BIG LOT,they are discount stores,sell them very cheap and they have a nice collections also...

cigalechanta

Kismet, collectors like the old ones or..very unusual.

Underhill

My own coffee bowls came from Cost Plus, but they don't look especially French. I have the Real Thing on my shopping list for our trip to France next September.

cigalechanta

Now that's a good item to pick up in Moustiers! I found one at the flea market in Isle sur Sorgue.

Underhill

Bien sûr, Mimi! I know just the shop in Moustiers. Good suggestion.

kismetchimera

Je comtprend Cigale, the next time I go back to Provence, I make certain that I will not leave Avignon without buying at least a couples..

dln

I want you all to know that I spent the better part of the morning scouring the internet for cafe au lait bowls! I am hooked. When we next go to France I'm going to make an effort to find some nice ones, but until then I will take a look at all the stores you mentioned, like Cost Plus and Big Lots. It's a good place to start on a humble collection. Then on to France and the antiques!

cmt

And here I thought drinking breakfast tea or coffee out of a bowl was a Sicilian farmer custom or just a quirk of the people at the farm where I stayed. It's interesting that it's also a trendy French style.

cigalechanta

Carol, it is not trendy!!! Village people and some like me(For over 30 years I have been drinking my cafe au lait) What's trendy is collecting the old cafe au lait bowls.
Have a happy Easter

cmt

I think old Sicilian farmers would find it amusing if they ever knew that foreigners were collecting the bowls they used for breakfast coffee. You could be ahead of the trend if you start collecting Sicilian ones.

cigalechanta

thanks, I only collect French ones and use them every morning but J. likes the over sized au lait cups.