DCHP-2

brown cow DCHP-2 (October 2016)

• n. — Food & Drink

  an alcoholic drink made of coffee-flavoured liqueur and milk or cream.

  Type: 5. Frequency — Though there is more than one drink called the brown cow (see fist note, below), the term is used most frequently used in Canada (see Chart 1), and here generally in reference to the version with liqueur. The term is very likely derived from the colour of the coffee liqueur (brown) and the dairy component of the drink.
  See also COD-2, s.v. "brown cow", which is marked "Cdn".

  • The American brown cow drink is a non-alcoholic ice cream float with root beer, or sometimes cola. It was first created in the 1870s in Philadelphia.