# Bicerin

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{{Short description|Drink made with espresso coffee, drinking chocolate and milk}}
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{{Infobox beverage
| name        = ''Bicerin''
| image       = 2016 1128 Turin Bicerin 02.jpg
| image_size  = 250px
| caption     = {{lang|pms|Bicerin}} from [Turin](/source/Turin), Italy
| type        = Chocolate beverage
| origin      = [Italy](/source/Italy)
| region      = [Piedmont](/source/Piedmont)
| color       = 
| ingredients = [Espresso](/source/Espresso), [ganache](/source/ganache), [milk](/source/milk)
| variants    = 
}}

'''{{lang|pms|Bicerin}}''' ({{IPA|pms|bitʃeˈriŋ|lang}}) is a traditional hot drink native to [Turin](/source/Turin), Italy, made with [espresso](/source/espresso), [ganache](/source/ganache) (a type of thick [hot chocolate](/source/hot_chocolate)), and frothed [milk](/source/milk), served layered in a small glass.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/08/dining/arts/why-settle-for-gold-in-turin-the-real-prize-is-a-darker-delight.html|title=Why Settle for Gold in Turin? The Real Prize Is a Darker Delight|first=Dana|last=Bowen|newspaper=The New York Times|date=2006-02-08}}</ref>

==Origin==
[[File:3261TorinoBicerin.jpg|thumb|Caffè al Bicerin, a historic coffeehouse of [Turin](/source/Turin) that traditionally serves {{lang|pms|bicerin}}]]
The word {{langnf|pms|bicerin|small glass}} is the equivalent of [Italian](/source/Italian_language) {{lang|it|bicchierino}} (diminutive of {{lang|it|bicchiere}}, {{literally|glass}}).{{citation needed|date=June 2025}}

Caffè al Bicerin, which sits across from the [Santuario della Consolata](/source/Santuario_della_Consolata) in [Turin](/source/Turin)'s piazza della Consolata, has been serving the drink since the 18th century.<ref>{{Cite web |title=HISTORY {{!}} Bicerin |url=https://bicerin.it/en/history/ |access-date=2025-01-17 |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Liqueur==
The Vincenzi Family Distillery in Turin also produces a chocolate hazelnut liqueur under this name.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bicerin – Distillerie Vincenzi |url=http://www.distillerievincenzi.com/bicerin/?lang=en |language=en-US}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Italy|Drink|Coffee}}
* [Piedmontese cuisine](/source/Piedmontese_cuisine)
* [List of coffee drinks](/source/List_of_coffee_drinks)
* [List of chocolate drinks](/source/List_of_chocolate_drinks)
* {{lang|it|[Espressino](/source/Espressino)}} and {{lang|it|[marocchino](/source/marocchino)}} – similar drinks

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060927113050/http://www.prodottitipici.com/prodotto/10008/bicerin.htm Bicerin at prodottitipici.it] {{in lang|it}} (archived 27 September 2006)

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Category:Cuisine of Piedmont
Category:Culture in Turin
Category:Coffee in Italy
Category:Coffee drinks
Category:Chocolate drinks
Category:Espresso
Category:Italian drinks

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