skinny cap
Slim milk coffee
A skinny cap is coffee-shop shorthand for a cappuccino made with skim milk instead of whole milk.
The term belongs to the specialized vocabulary of café orders, where modifiers stack up: I'll have a large skinny cap with an extra shot.
Sometimes spelled as one word.
- latteEspresso with steamed milk
- flat whiteEspresso with steamed microfoam
- foamBubble-filled substance
- milkMammalian nursing fluid
- skim milkDairy with fat removed
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