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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]], Italy
| type        = Chocolate beverage
| origin      = [[Italy]]
| region      = [[Piedmont]]
| color       = 
| ingredients = [[Espresso]], [[ganache]], [[milk]]
| variants    = 
}}

'''{{lang|pms|Bicerin}}''' ({{IPA|pms|bitʃeˈriŋ|lang}}) is a traditional hot drink native to [[Turin]], Italy, made with [[espresso]], [[ganache]] (a type of thick [[hot chocolate]]), and frothed [[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]] that traditionally serves {{lang|pms|bicerin}}]]
The word {{langnf|pms|bicerin|small glass}} is the equivalent of [[Italian language|Italian]] {{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]] in [[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]]
* [[List of coffee drinks]]
* [[List of chocolate drinks]]
* {{lang|it|[[Espressino]]}} and {{lang|it|[[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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{{Coffee in Italy}}
{{Cuisine of Italy}}
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[[Category:Cuisine of Piedmont]]
[[Category:Culture in Turin]]
[[Category:Coffee in Italy]]
[[Category:Coffee drinks]]
[[Category:Chocolate drinks]]
[[Category:Espresso]]


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