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Hungarians drink a tremendous amount of coffee (kávé) generally as a single
black (fekete), a double (dupla) or with milk (tejeskávé). Most cafes now serve
some variation of cappuccino and latte. Decaffeinated coffee iskoffeinmentes
kávé.
Pastries such asDobos torta(a layered chocolate and cream cake with a
caramelised-brown-sugar top) and the wonderfulrétes(strudel), filled with
poppy seeds, cherry preserves ortúró(curd or cottage cheese), are usually
eaten not as desserts but mid-afternoon in one of Budapest's ubiquitouskávézók
(cafes) orcukrászdák(cake shops), including our favourites:
Ruszwurm
and
Central Kávéház
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