Breakfast around the world
The first meal of the day, from congee and idli to a full fry-up.
CoffeeVegan
🇾🇪 Yemen and 5 moreA dark, bitter drink made by brewing roasted coffee beans
Drink, Breakfast, Snacks
CappuccinoVegetarian
🇮🇹 Italy and 5 moreEspresso with steamed milk and a thick layer of milk foam, served in a small cup
Drink, Breakfast
Hot chocolate
🇲🇽 Mexico and 5 moreA warm drink made from chocolate or cocoa, milk or water, and sugar
Drink, Breakfast, Snacks
AyranVegetarian
🇹🇷 Turkey and 5 moreChilled yogurt drink mixed with water and salt, popular in Turkey and beyond
Drink, Breakfast, Lunch
Kefir
🇷🇺 Russia and 5 moreA tangy, fermented milk drink made with kefir grains
Drink, Breakfast, Lunch
Soy milkVegan豆奶
🇨🇳 China and 5 moreA plant-based drink made by soaking, grinding, and boiling soybeans
Drink, Breakfast, Snacks
ThobwaVegan
🇲🇼 Malawi and 1 moreA fermented, milky cereal drink from Malawi and Zambia
Drink, Breakfast, Snacks
Masala chaiVegetarianचाय
🇮🇳 India and 2 moreBlack tea brewed with milk, spices and sugar, served hot across India
Drink, Breakfast, Tea time
Butter teaབོད་ཇ་
🇨🇳 China and 4 moreA hot Himalayan drink of tea, yak butter and salt, churned to a creamy texture
Drink, Breakfast, Snacks
Atole
🇲🇽 Mexico and 4 moreHot drink made from masa (corn dough), sweetened and flavored with spices or fruit
Drink, Breakfast, Snacks
Café au laitVegetarian
🇫🇷 France and 2 moreCoffee mixed with hot milk, often served at breakfast in France
Drink, Breakfast
Ginger teaVegan
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 5 moreA hot drink made by steeping ginger root, often with tea, sweetener or milk
Drink, Breakfast, Snacks
Hong Kong-style milk teaVegetarian港式奶茶
🇭🇰 Hong Kong and 1 moreStrong black tea with evaporated milk, served hot or cold in Hong Kong cafés
Drink, Breakfast, Lunch
MazamorraKaguyjy
🇪🇸 Spain and 10 moreTraditional corn-based dessert or drink found across Spain and Latin America
Drink, Breakfast, Lunch
Café con leche
🇪🇸 Spain and 1 moreEspresso mixed with hot milk, a classic Spanish and Latin American coffee drink
Drink, Breakfast
Indian filter coffeeVegetarian
🇮🇳 IndiaSouth Indian coffee made with chicory, milk, and sugar, brewed in a metal filter
Drink, Breakfast, Snacks
Champurrado
🇲🇽 Mexico and 1 moreThick Mexican hot chocolate drink made with corn dough and spices
Drink, Breakfast, Snacks
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Ayran: bnhsu, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Hong Kong-style milk tea: WiNG, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Soy milk: Kjokkenutstyr, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Champurrado: Tom White - Toboris at English Wikipedia, CC BY 2.5, source
- Mazamorra: Mil va, Public domain, source
- Coffee: Julius Schorzman, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Hot chocolate: 4028mdk09, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kefir: -donald-, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Cappuccino: Original: Blackcat / Derivative work: Danyele, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Atole: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Masala chai: Miansari66, Public domain, source
- Butter tea: Yosomono, CC BY 2.0, source
- Thobwa: David Atherton, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Café au lait: Tim Boyd, CC BY 2.0, source
- Ginger tea: Gleb, CC BY 2.0, source
- Café con leche: Jeremy Keith, CC BY 2.0, source
- Indian filter coffee: Charles Haynes, CC BY-SA 2.0, source