The French style Café Au Lait is the traditional style of café au lait, made with hot milk and drip-brewed coffee. It's different from adding cold milk, known in the coffee world as white coffee. The Café Au Lait usually contains steamed milk, but some regions will use scalded milk instead.
Add dark roast coffee to your brewer, using cold water for the process. If you’re using an electric coffee maker, select the strong brew option.
Steam milk if you have a steamer or method of steaming. (If you can't use steamed milk, use scalded milk: boil on the stovetop to the point of boiling, remove from heat).
Add equal parts of hot coffee and steamed milk to the mug, starting with the hot coffee first.