Cultural Coffee Differences

There are some mornings, you know, those when it seems like every cell of you does not want to get up but duty calls and you make it to where ever you need to be in the most jejune of ways. On those days, you may think you want a beverage like the one available from the instant coffee machine at the Reims Management School, but you will be rather disappointed... 

The first day I saw this option, I think I gave myself whiplash. In fact, Cacao + fort is for the French what we would refer to as a mochaccino - an espresso base with some hot milk and some chocolate. But in Quebec, one may be inclined, especially in more rural areas, to think that this beverage was a hot chocolate with a dose of something livelier, with 30% proof and up. That morning, I sort of wished I was back home...